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#ebola

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Nonilex

This is the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new admin that are squandering America’s strength & threatening our #NationalSecurity. Firing hundreds of #FederalWorkers charged w/protecting our nation’s #nuclear weapons is also #dumb. So is shutting down efforts to fight #pandemics just as a deadly #Ebola outbreak is spreading in Africa. It makes no sense to purge talented generals, diplomats & spies at a time when rivals like China & Russia are trying to expand their…reach.

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michael

26-Mar-2025
Remember #ebola?
Zooming in on the #structure of the still lethal #virus

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #structuralBiology #protein #capsid

EurekAlert!Remember ebola?Kyoto, Japan -- Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a global outbreak. This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, but since it was first identified in 1976, there have actually been more than 20 serious Ebola incidents. Thankfully, none of them had the global reach of the coronavirus. Ebola has not been eradicated, however. This deadly virus, which causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and has a fatality rate of about 50%, is still at large and could thus still cause a major outbreak, unless further research finds an effective solution. A major challenge lies in the virus' structure and regulatory mechanisms, which have remained largely unclear. In particular, scientists have long struggled to fully understand its nucleocapsid, the protein shell that plays an important role in genome replication and transcription.
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Pekka Kallioniemi

#Musk: "I’ve never done anything harmful, I’ve only done productive things."

He's now constantly complaining about the #Tesla boycotts, and that's because his fortune is mostly in this #stock.

People are free to #boycott your products if you perform public sieg heils, defund #Ebola prevention and #AIDS research, complain about social welfare while getting 10s of billions in subsidies, actively interfere in foreign elections, and support anti-democratic actions of the #Trump administration.

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Nonilex

#GiftArticle

The Diseases Are Coming

#ElonMusk’s slash-&-burn govt tear will have lasting effects on #GlobalHealth.

At #Trump’s 1st Cabinet meeting, last month, #Musk …admitted that #DOGE had “accidentally canceled very briefly” #Ebola-prevention programs. After a…chuckle, he claimed that the oversight had been swiftly corrected. But it wasn’t. The truth is far more disturbing—this admin…has actively dismantled the infrastructure…to detect & confront deadly pathogens.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

The Atlantic · The Diseases Are ComingBy Craig Spencer
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Xavier Abad MdG

Fins ara 14 casos (són més, segur) i 2 morts (jo comptaria com a poc 4) en el brot de #Ebola a #Uganda. Clarament hi ha cadenes de transmissió no controlades. Dos focus de casos però mateixes seqüències víriques. O doble salt zoonotic (mooolt improbable) o casos humans encoberts, no traçats, que han fet de nexe d'unió entre ambdós clusters. Lluny d'acabar-se, encara.

#ebola #Uganda #transmissió

cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/second-cl

CIDRAPSecond cluster reported in Uganda's Ebola Sudan outbreak
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Nonilex

#GiftArticle

The #Ebola outbreak in #Uganda has worsened significantly, & the country’s ability to contain the spread has been severely weakened by #Trump’s freeze on #ForeignAid, American ofcls said this week.

The ofcls, representing a variety of #health & #security agencies, made the assessment during a meeting w/ #US Embassy staff in #Kampala, the Ugandan capital, on Wed. An audio recording of the session was obtained by The NYT.

#USAID #SoftPower #geopolitics
nytimes.com/2025/03/06/health/

The New York Times · As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials FearBy Abdi Latif Dahir
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aardvark

Call your congress members newsie.social/@ProPublica/1140 Trump Cancels Lifesaving USAID Programs, Despite Pledge of 90-Day Review
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The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.

propublica.org/article/trump-u

NewsieProPublica (@ProPublica@newsie.social)Trump Cancels Lifesaving USAID Programs, Despite Pledge of 90-Day Review — The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-rubio-marocco-canceled-programs-gaza-syria-congo-hiv-ebola?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #News #Trump #USAID #Rubio #Aid #Gaza #Syria #Congo #HIV #Ebola #USPolitics
#News#Trump#USAID
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ProPublica

Trump Cancels Lifesaving USAID Programs, Despite Pledge of 90-Day Review
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The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.

propublica.org/article/trump-u

ProPublicaThe Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.
More from ProPublica
#News#Trump#USAID
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Bass #AlleBurgers #EcoHumanist

@drericding on X wrote:

The mystery illness in the #Congo… has killed over 60 people… but it’s not #Ebola or #Marburg viruses. It’s something else. Half the samples are positive for #Malaria (endemic in the Congo), but they don’t think this is malaria. Some think it’s a new virus.

afro.who.int/countries/democra

WHO | Regional Office for AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo deepens investigation on cluster of illness and community deaths in Equateur provinceHealth authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and experts from World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying out further investigations to determine the cause of another cluster of illness and community deaths in Equateur province.
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola & AIDS. They’re Not Working

#ElonMusk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But #Ebola programs are still in tatters, along w/other livesaving efforts like #AIDS treatments for #children.
wired.com/story/the-usaid-emer

" #USAID workers & other #PublicHealth experts have told WIRED that the waivers are useless...

#Trump admn terminated over 10,000 global #health grants"

Headline from Wired: USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working Elon Musk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But Ebola programs are still in tatters, along with other livesaving efforts like AIDS treatments for children. by Kate Knibbs Science Feb 27, 2025 3:54 PM
#Musk#Coup#GOP
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