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UN health agency; sets global outbreak norms, declared first Bundibugyo PHEIC 17 May 2026.
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#68 Jun
Published DON606 shifting to confirmed-only reporting after clearing testing backlog
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO cuts the count, cases keep climbing#61 Jun
Continued advisory-group assessment of MBP134 and remdesivir without authorising either
Pandemics and Biosecurity: $112m for vaccines, none for the wards#51 Jun
Mentioned in: Only Ebola treatment still cannot dose
Pandemics and Biosecurity#529 May
Published DON605 recording 1,040 total cases and 241 deaths
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola passes 1,000 cases in DRC#529 May
Mentioned in: Kenyan court halts US quarantine site
Pandemics and Biosecurity#529 May
Recorded M23-territory attacks on health facilities in DON605
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Burned clinic rebuilt as access fails#529 May
Published DON605 data showing 906 suspected versus 134 confirmed cases
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Why the 14% death rate is too low#529 May
Documented Uganda's 2-to-9 confirmed case rise in DON605
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Uganda Ebola cases jump from 2 to 9#528 May
Published DON604 reporting Rt of 0.7 and single-spillover genomics on 28 May
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ship hantavirus cluster is winding down#424 May
Mentioned in: Hondius hantavirus cluster hits 12 cases
Pandemics and Biosecurity#423 May
Hosted WHA79 where member states adopted the GAP-AMR 2026-2036 plan
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHA79 adopts a 10-year AMR plan#422 May
Convened the IHR Emergency Committee and published Temporary Recommendations
Pandemics and Biosecurity: IHR committee meets, rejects travel bans#421 May
Mentioned in: Ebola crosses into M23-held South Kivu
Pandemics and Biosecurity#421 May
Published Disease Outbreak News 603 logging 831 cases and 186 deaths
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Bundibugyo Ebola: 831 cases, 186 dead#421 May
Mentioned in: CEPI rescues Moderna H5N1 vaccine trial
Pandemics and Biosecurity#420 May
Sponsored a trial of remdesivir and MBP134 pending DRC and Uganda regulatory approval
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola drug trial awaits DRC, Uganda nod#420 May
Published Disease Outbreak News 595 reporting a recombinant clade Ib/IIb MPXV in four countries across three WHO regions
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Mpox strain mixes genes from two clades#419 May
Hosted the 79th World Health Assembly where PABS deferral was agreed
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO defers vaccine-sharing pact to 2027#418 May
Mentioned in: US bans entry from DRC, Uganda, S Sudan
Pandemics and Biosecurity#317 May
Mentioned in: Thinnest US health bench faces PHEIC
Pandemics and Biosecurity#317 May
Mentioned in: No vaccine, no treatment, no MCM
Pandemics and Biosecurity#317 May
Issued PHEIC determination on 17 May 2026 without Emergency Committee
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO declares Ebola PHEIC, no committee#317 May
Mentioned in: Ituri outbreak ran undetected for weeks
Pandemics and Biosecurity#317 May
Mentioned in: USAID outbreak unit gone by PHEIC
Pandemics and Biosecurity#316 May
Mentioned in: Africa CDC moved first, Kinshasa silent
Pandemics and Biosecurity#314 May
Mentioned in: Kinshasa lab confirms species on 14 May
Pandemics and Biosecurity#314 May
Mentioned in: Uganda runs 2022 Sudan Ebola playbook
Pandemics and Biosecurity#212 May
Reported 8 cases in DON 600 (9 May), 3 fewer than ECDC's 12 May count, likely reflecting reporting lag or differing case-definition thresholds
Pandemics and Biosecurity: ECDC counts 11 Andes cases, three more than WHO#210 May
Mentioned in: CDC mandates airborne isolation for Andes patients
Pandemics and Biosecurity#29 May
Revised DON 600 on 9 May, upgrading ship-level risk from LOW to MODERATE and confirming all 6 lab cases as Andes virus by PCR
Pandemics and Biosecurity: UK airdrops supplies to isolated island Andes case#28 May
Mentioned in: WHO upgrades Hondius Andes risk to MODERATE
Pandemics and Biosecurity#17 May
Maintained low global risk assessment while DON 599 framing became outdated after Andes confirmation
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Andes hantavirus confirmed in Swiss returnee#16 May
Mentioned in: Africa CDC and EU launch ARILAC for AMR
Pandemics and Biosecurity#11 May
Mentioned in: Emory aerosol study reframes dairy PPE
Pandemics and Biosecurity#21 May
Announced extension of PABS negotiations at the concluded 6th IGWG meeting on 1 May 2026
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Pandemic Agreement still unsigned after one year#6410 Apr
Six UNIFIL Peacekeepers Hurt in Lebanon
Iran Conflict 2026#131 Mar
WHO publishes three Q1 pathogen-family roadmaps
Pandemics and Biosecurity#236 Mar
Reported $18 million in health supplies inaccessible at Dubai logistics hub
Iran Conflict 2026: $18m health supplies locked in WHO hub#236 Mar
Documented 13 verified attacks on healthcare in Iran: 4 killed, 25 injured
Iran Conflict 2026: WHO: 13 Iran healthcare attacks, 4 dead#225 Mar
Confirmed Dubai emergency logistics hub operations currently disrupted
Iran Conflict 2026: WHO Dubai hub halted, 75 nations hit#11 Feb
Mentioned in: Bangladesh and Cambodia keep the poultry H5N1 line
Pandemics and Biosecurity#119 Dec