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28 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 11, 2026.
The Bundibugyo virus has reached eight of Congo's 26 provinces and spread to Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria, with fighting in Ituri and North Kivu blocking health workers.
Pennsylvania has logged 676 cases across 37 counties, and fewer than 1% of the patients were fully vaccinated. Nationally, the U.S. has passed 3,000 cases in its worst measles year since 1991.
Health ministry figures put the toll at 3,007 out of 6,186 confirmed cases across six provinces. Africa CDC believes the real outbreak may be three times larger than what has been counted.
The CDC says 36 people have been hospitalized in a Salmonella Javiana outbreak traced to peppers imported from Mexico. Colorado and Minnesota each have at least 110 cases.
The Bundibugyo strain, which has no approved vaccine or treatment, has produced 3,802 cases since May 15 — the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded. Patient zero has still not been identified.
The 2026 total has already passed last year's, and 93% of the infections are in people who were never vaccinated. Officials expect the country to lose its measles elimination status this year.
Georgia State researchers report that the oral antiviral GHP-88310 blocked transmission of a measles-like virus in ferrets when given shortly before or after exposure, and shortened illness in animals already infected.
Federal investigators traced shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell in five states to the California grower, in what is now the worst year on record for cyclosporiasis in the United States.
Cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness that causes explosive, weeks-long diarrhea, have already blown past the entire 2025 total, with Michigan hit hardest and no contaminated food yet identified.
The World Health Organization is battling a Bundibugyo-strain Ebola outbreak that has killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now complicated by a separate Marburg case across the border in Uganda.
Health officials call it the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic Africa has recorded, driven by a rare viral strain with no approved vaccine or cure.
The largest cyclospora outbreak in Michigan history has driven the U.S. total past 1,000 confirmed cases, with roughly 40 hospitalizations and investigations underway in 28 other states.
The Bundibugyo strain has now killed more than 500 people across the Democratic Republic of Congo, and frontline responders — dozens of whom have caught the virus themselves — say they will strike over months of unpaid wages.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed 1,118 cases and 291 deaths from a fast-moving Bundibugyo virus outbreak that has now reached Uganda and France.
A rare Bundibugyo strain with no approved vaccine has killed at least 91 people and crossed into Uganda. U.S. modelers warn cases could exceed 20,000 within months.
Mining has been the economic lifeblood of this remote Democratic Republic of Congo community for decades, but now it's accelerating the spread of a deadly virus.
Mining operations that have sustained a hill town for decades are now accelerating the spread of the deadly virus, complicating containment efforts.
A remote gold mining community has become the epicenter of a deadly Ebola outbreak, with medical teams struggling against limited resources and dangerous conditions to stop the spread.
A remote gold mining community has become the epicenter of a deadly Ebola surge, with health officials battling to stop the spread of infections and mounting death toll.
Health officials warn the current Ebola crisis has reached unprecedented scale with rapid transmission across affected regions.
Health officials report sharp rise to more than 130 suspected deaths since outbreak was first identified, marking significant escalation.
Three deaths and 27 active outbreaks, with Idaho and Montana now showing sustained transmission for more than 12 months — the WHO's threshold for revoking elimination.
The World Health Organization issues emergency declaration after confirming Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda with no approved vaccine available.
Health officials confirm one case was misdiagnosed, reducing the total outbreak count from 11 to 10 confirmed infections.
The outbreak aboard the MV Hondius has raised fears of a pandemic-like spread, evoking memories of Covid-19's devastating impact.
Health experts alarmed that outbreak hadn't been announced sooner as hundreds of infections suspected.
A Dutch flight attendant and French national are among the latest to be tested as authorities predict 'limited' spread despite the virus's deadly nature.
The Spanish government will receive the Dutch-flagged vessel in the Canary Islands as three passengers with possible symptoms were evacuated Wednesday morning.