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Africa

State Dept Travel Advisory - Level 3

Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Jun 4

3 min read

Burkina Faso Travel Warning Issued

Level 3 Travel Advisory issued for Burkina Faso by the Canadian, UK and USA governments

Burkina Faso women and clay homes

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Jun 4

5 min read

Ebola Outbreak Exceeds 2,000 Cases in Just 10 Months

Ebola Zaire vaccine candidates include Merck’s v920 rVSV∆G-ZEBOV-GP and Janssen Ad26.ZEBOV/MVA-BN

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Travel Alerts

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 29

4 min read

Uganda Confirms Yellow Fever Outbreak in 2019

Yellow fever virus immunity required when visiting Uganda

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CDC Watch - Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 27

4 min read

Nigeria Travel Alert Issued for Monkeypox Virus Outbreak

Nigeria monkeypox outbreak warnings issued by Canada, UK, and the USA

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 23

4 min read

Americans Can Benefit From Merck’s Ebola Vaccine

Merck v920 Ebola Zaire vaccine candidate is under study by the NIH at the PREPARE study sites in Bethesda, MD, and Atlanta, GA

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