Ebola quarantine
Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from DRC
International travellers from or through the DRC are barred from transiting through Uganda, while officials say the country remains free of Ebola.
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MV Hondius hantavirus
Three die in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship
WHO reports two lab-confirmed and five suspected cases; operator says 149 people are aboard the MV Hondius off Cape Verde.
Ebola contact search
Kenya Searches for Missing Ugandan Ebola Contact as Cases Rise to Nine
Officials have the man's passport and phone numbers but cannot reach him, and the first cluster has grown to nine confirmed infections.
Kenya Ebola outbreak
Kenya reports second Ebola death with no community spread
The health ministry says nine cases are confirmed, all within one cluster linked to the index patient, as the outbreak has now reached four African countries.
Ebola in Nigeria
Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in more than a decade
The patient had travelled through Uganda, but exposure remains unclear as the rare Bundibugyo strain reaches four countries.
intismeran autogene
mRNA melanoma vaccine plus Keytruda cut recurrence risk by 42% in phase 3
In a randomized trial of more than 1,100 people after high-risk melanoma surgery, 82% receiving the vaccine combination were recurrence-free at two years, versus 70% on Keytruda alone.
US measles outbreak
US measles cases reach 4,588 as Pennsylvania reports 1,338
Pennsylvania reported 21 new cases since Oct. 21 and Ohio added eight, while CDC data show 96% of cases are outbreak-associated.
Pembrolizumab neoadjuvant therapy
Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy improves pCR in triple-negative breast cancer
In 1,174 participants, neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy led to a pathologic complete response rate of 64.0 percent compared with 54.7 percent with placebo plus chemotherapy, p=0.00221.
US measles outbreaks
US measles count reaches 3,659 as outbreaks spread
Pennsylvania has reported 835 cases and four deaths, but the CDC's national death count still lists one; South Carolina and Pennsylvania account for 44% of indigenous cases.
