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UN health agency; sets global outbreak norms, declared first Bundibugyo PHEIC 17 May 2026.
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#14 29 Sept
Counted 7,870 cholera deaths in 2025
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Cholera killed 7,870 in 2025, WHO says#14 29 Sept
#14 25 Sept
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#14 24 Sept
Mentioned in: Peru overtakes Guatemala on new measles
Pandemics and Biosecurity#14 23 Sept
Counted 7,890 confirmed cases and 3,799 deaths in DON618
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola shifts south to DR Congo's Butembo#14 18 Sept
Restated the May 2027 date
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO talks on pathogen sharing fail again#14 14 Sept
Mentioned in: Bangladesh: 1,030 die of measles in 2026
Pandemics and Biosecurity#14 14 Sept
Reported Madagascar's share of world cases
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Madagascar logs half July's mpox cases#14 14 Sept
#14 10 Sept
Set an October or November trial start
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO: 2,000 Congolese workers get Ervebo#14 10 Sept
Listed Sud-Ubangi as newly affected in DON618
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola reaches Sud-Ubangi by river boat#14 10 Sept
#14 26 Aug
Declared Uganda's outbreak over on 26 August
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO calls Uganda's Ebola outbreak over#14 26 Aug
#13 23 Aug
Reported capacity gains and persistent transmission at 100 days
Pandemics and Biosecurity: DR Congo's 19 Ebola labs still trail the outbreak#13 19 Aug
Announced the vaccine allocation
Pandemics and Biosecurity: 70,000 Ervebo doses, 20,000 as a trial#13 13 Aug
Published Situation Report 85
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Australia releases its first H5N1 genome#13 11 Aug
Recorded the outbreak's case and death totals
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Bundibugyo sets DR Congo's Ebola record#13 7 Aug
Mentioned in: Guatemala passes Mexico on measles cases
Pandemics and Biosecurity#13 6 Aug
Co-published the clade B risk assessment
Pandemics and Biosecurity: MERS clade B found in Nile Basin camels#13 1 Aug
Published the region's June cholera figures
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Afghanistan: nine in ten cholera cases#12 28 Jul
Recorded the 16 July discharge that started a countdown to 27 August
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Uganda calls its Ebola outbreak over#12 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Ebola case fatality crosses 40% in DRC
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Most Ebola deaths never reach a ward
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Slow labs are eating DRC's Ebola wards
Pandemics and Biosecurity#11 20 Jul
Reported most new cases outside known contact chains
Pandemics and Biosecurity: 80% of Ebola cases now untraced#11 16 Jul
Mentioned in: Uganda discharges its last Ebola patient, starts 42-day clock
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 16 Jul
Reported three new human H9N2 infections in China
Pandemics and Biosecurity: H9N2 case leaves a Chinese man critical#10 13 Jul
Reported the 44% isolation rate on 3 July
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Isolation slips as Ebola funding arrives#9 6 Jul
PABS talks reopen under a deadline
Pandemics and Biosecurity#9 3 Jul
Published DON612 putting confirmed cases at 1,481
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola cases pass 1,481 as isolation lags#9 2 Jul
Announced the first patient enrolled in the Bundibugyo treatment trial
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola trial doses its first patient#9 2 Jul
Added the first BDBV molecular diagnostic to its Emergency Use Listing
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO lists first Bundibugyo Ebola test#10 1 Jul
Published its first Blueprint on fungal disease and antifungal resistance
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO issues its first fungal blueprint#8 25 Jun
Mentioned in: Kerala Nipah quiet two weeks on
Pandemics and Biosecurity#8 24 Jun
Published WHO DON608 recording 915 confirmed cases and 234 deaths as of 19 June
Pandemics and Biosecurity: DRC Ebola tops 1,000 confirmed cases#8 24 Jun
Mentioned in: Ebola reaches France past exit checks
Pandemics and Biosecurity#8 21 Jun
Mentioned in: US renews 30-day Ebola entry ban
Pandemics and Biosecurity#8 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Measles shadows the 2026 World Cup
Pandemics and Biosecurity#8 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Africa CDC wins direct pandemic funding
Pandemics and Biosecurity#7 12 Jun
Published DON607 reporting 695 confirmed cases and 138 deaths across DRC and Uganda
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO counts 695 cases as Ebola climbs#7 12 Jun
Attributed trial design to national leadership and community consultation via DON607
Pandemics and Biosecurity: First Ebola treatment trial goes live#7 11 Jun
Co-authored the Continental Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan with Africa CDC
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Pandemic Fund adds $220.6m, still no vaccine#6 8 Jun
Published DON606 shifting to confirmed-only reporting after clearing testing backlog
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO cuts the count, cases keep climbing#8 1 Jun
Published GLASS 2025 report drawing on 23 million infections across 104 countries
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO finds one in six infections drug-resistant#6 1 Jun
Continued advisory-group assessment of MBP134 and remdesivir without authorising either
Pandemics and Biosecurity: CEPI and GAVI commit $112m, no treatment yet#5 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Only Ebola treatment still cannot dose
Pandemics and Biosecurity#8 1 Jun
Mentioned in: No country yet screens DNA orders
Pandemics and Biosecurity#5 29 May
Published DON605 recording 1,040 total cases and 241 deaths
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola passes 1,000 cases in DRC#5 29 May
Documented Uganda's 2-to-9 confirmed case rise in DON605
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Uganda Ebola cases jump from 2 to 9#5 29 May
Mentioned in: Kenyan court halts US quarantine site
Pandemics and Biosecurity#5 29 May
Recorded M23-territory attacks on health facilities in DON605
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Burned clinic rebuilt as access fails#5 29 May
Published DON605 data showing 906 suspected versus 134 confirmed cases
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Bundibugyo's 14% death rate is an undercount#5 28 May
Published DON604 reporting Rt of 0.7 and single-spillover genomics on 28 May
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ship hantavirus cluster is winding down#4 24 May
Mentioned in: Hondius hantavirus cluster hits 12 cases
Pandemics and Biosecurity#4 23 May
Hosted WHA79 where member states adopted the GAP-AMR 2026-2036 plan
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHA79 adopts a 10-year AMR plan#4 22 May
Convened the IHR Emergency Committee and published Temporary Recommendations
Pandemics and Biosecurity: IHR committee meets, rejects travel bans#4 21 May
Mentioned in: Ebola crosses into M23-held South Kivu
Pandemics and Biosecurity#4 21 May
Mentioned in: CEPI rescues Moderna H5N1 vaccine trial
Pandemics and Biosecurity#4 21 May
Published Disease Outbreak News 603 logging 831 cases and 186 deaths
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Bundibugyo Ebola: 831 cases, 186 dead#4 20 May
Sponsored a trial of remdesivir and MBP134 pending DRC and Uganda regulatory approval
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola drug trial awaits DRC, Uganda nod#4 20 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#4 19 May
Hosted the 79th World Health Assembly where PABS deferral was agreed
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO defers vaccine-sharing pact to 2027#4 18 May
Mentioned in: US bans entry from DRC, Uganda, S Sudan
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 17 May
Issued PHEIC determination on 17 May 2026 without Emergency Committee
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO declares Ebola PHEIC, no committee#3 17 May
Mentioned in: No approved Ebola drug works on Bundibugyo
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 17 May
Mentioned in: USAID outbreak unit gone by PHEIC
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 17 May
Mentioned in: Thinnest US health bench faces PHEIC
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 17 May
Mentioned in: Ituri outbreak ran undetected for weeks
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 16 May
Mentioned in: Africa CDC moved first, Kinshasa silent
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 14 May
Mentioned in: Uganda runs 2022 Sudan Ebola playbook
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 14 May
Mentioned in: Kinshasa lab confirms species on 14 May
Pandemics and Biosecurity#2 12 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#2 10 May
Mentioned in: CDC mandates airborne isolation for Andes patients
Pandemics and Biosecurity#2 9 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#2 8 May
Mentioned in: WHO upgrades Hondius Andes risk to MODERATE
Pandemics and Biosecurity#1 7 May
Maintained low global risk assessment while DON 599 framing became outdated after Andes confirmation
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Andes hantavirus confirmed in Swiss returnee#1 6 May
Mentioned in: Africa CDC and EU launch ARILAC for AMR
Pandemics and Biosecurity#1 1 May
Mentioned in: Emory aerosol study reframes dairy PPE
Pandemics and Biosecurity#2 1 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#64 10 Apr
Six UNIFIL Peacekeepers Hurt in Lebanon
Iran Conflict 2026#1 31 Mar
WHO publishes three Q1 pathogen-family roadmaps
Pandemics and Biosecurity#23 6 Mar
Reported $18 million in health supplies inaccessible at Dubai logistics hub
Iran Conflict 2026: $18m health supplies locked in WHO hub#23 6 Mar
Documented 13 verified attacks on healthcare in Iran: 4 killed, 25 injured
Iran Conflict 2026: WHO: 13 Iran healthcare attacks, 4 dead#22 5 Mar
Confirmed Dubai emergency logistics hub operations currently disrupted
Iran Conflict 2026: WHO Dubai hub halted, 75 nations hit#1 1 Feb
Mentioned in: Bangladesh and Cambodia keep the poultry H5N1 line
Pandemics and Biosecurity#1 19 Dec