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Ebola Treatment Trials Begin in DRC Amidst Public Impatience and Frontline Worker Protests
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Sağlık·12.07.2026AI özeti

Ebola Treatment Trials Begin in DRC Amidst Public Impatience and Frontline Worker Protests

The first patients have been enrolled in an Ebola treatment trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a record six weeks after the outbreak was declared a public health emergency. Despite rapid scientific progress, locals express impatience due to financial strain and mistrust, while frontline workers protest lack of pay, impacting containment efforts.

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Guardian International
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Rubio criticizes WHO over Ebola response; experts defend organization
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Dünya·19.05.2026AI özeti

Rubio criticizes WHO over Ebola response; experts defend organization

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized the WHO for being "a little late" to identify the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda. Immunologist Gigi Gronvall defended the WHO, citing limited resources and security challenges, and warned that US public health cuts weaken preparedness for infectious diseases. The WHO declared the outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern."

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Guardian World
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Hong Kong seeks more details from WHO on hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
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07.05.2026

Hong Kong seeks more details from WHO on hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

Hong Kong health authorities are seeking more information from the World Health Organization (WHO) on an outbreak of a deadly hantavirus strain capable of limited human-to-human transmission on a cruise ship in the Atlantic, while ramping up efforts to prevent the rare disease from reaching the city’s shores. The Department of Health’s Centre for Health Protection revealed on Thursday that it had contacted the WHO about the hantavirus cluster found on the MV Hondius after the vessel departed...

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SCMP Economy
Three evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship as Spain says vessel can dock
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06.05.2026

Three evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship as Spain says vessel can dock

Ship’s doctor, a Briton, among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is now heading for Canary IslandsExplainer: What is hantavirus?Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British doctor who is a crew member, have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship.The 56-year-old Briton, along with a Dutch colleague aged 41 and a 65-year-old German, were taken from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Continue reading...

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Guardian UK
Three people evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship as Spain says vessel can dock
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06.05.2026

Three people evacuated from hantavirus-hit ship as Spain says vessel can dock

British crew member among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is now heading for Canary IslandsEurope live – latest updatesWhat is hantavirus?Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British crew member, have been medically evacuated from the cruise ship linked to the outbreak.The crew member, along with a Dutch colleague and another passenger, were taken from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed. Continue reading...

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Guardian UK
Three more people evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
HABER
06.05.2026

Three more people evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

British crew member among those evacuated from MV Hondius, which is heading for Canary Islands after Spain said vessel could dockEurope live – latest updatesWhat is hantavirus?Three people including a British crew member with suspected hantavirus have been medically evacuated from the cruise ship linked to the outbreak.The crew member, along with a Dutch colleague and another passenger, were taken from the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius for onward travel to the Netherlands, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed. Continue reading...

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Guardian Business
Spain opens port to hantavirus-hit cruise ship as WHO suspects human transmission
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06.05.2026

Spain opens port to hantavirus-hit cruise ship as WHO suspects human transmission

Spain has allowed a cruise ship hit by hantavirus cases and three deaths to dock in the Canary Islands, as health authorities investigate whether human-to-human transmission occurred on board. The decision was taken in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union, in line with international law and humanitarian principles, the Spanish Health Ministry said late on Tuesday. The Hondius cruise ship, with about 150 passengers and crew on board, had set off from...

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Sick British crew member to be urgently evacuated as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Canary Islands
HABER
06.05.2026

Sick British crew member to be urgently evacuated as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Canary Islands

Spain says MV Hondius will be received in Canary Islands and passengers and crew treated before repatriationWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?A British crew member who became ill after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean will be medically evacuated, as the World Health Organization (WHO) said rare human-to-human spread of the deadly virus may have occurred on the vessel.The crew member is being prepared for medical evacuation from the MV Hondius along with a Dutch colleague, with Dutch authorities overseeing the operation. Continue reading...

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Guardian UK
Sick British crew member to be urgently evacuated as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain
HABER
06.05.2026

Sick British crew member to be urgently evacuated as hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain

Spain says MV Hondius will be received in Canary Islands and passengers and crew treated before repatriationWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?A British crew member who became ill after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean will be medically evacuated, as the World Health Organization (WHO) said rare human-to-human spread of the deadly virus may have occurred on the vessel.The crew member is being prepared for medical evacuation from the MV Hondius along with a Dutch colleague, with Dutch authorities overseeing the operation. Continue reading...

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Guardian UK
British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
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05.05.2026

British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who diedWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?A British crew member was in need of urgent medical care and a passenger from the UK remained in a critical but stable condition following a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.Three people have died and medics on Monday were scrambling to evacuate two others from the MV Hondius, which set off in March from southern Argentina carrying 149 people from 23 countries. The crisis emerged late on Sunday after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was investigating a suspected outbreak. Continue reading...

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Guardian UK
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