MedPage Today February 16, 2025
— In praise of virus-fighters and global collaborations
On the first day of President Trump’s second term, he signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organizationopens in a new tab or window (WHO). In an ironic twist of fate just 10 days later, a 32-year-old Ugandan nurseopens in a new tab or window had a positive post-mortem test for a deadly filovirusopens in a new tab or window. But unlike Ebola Zaire virus, its close viral kin, this man’s killer — the so-called Sudan virus (SV) — had no approved treatments or vaccines.
By Feb. 4, Uganda identified 298 close contactsopens in a new tab or window of the deceased nurse, including six other people who...
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