Category: outbreak

CCP Opens Pressure Valve on the Pandemic; Sends Flights Globally Amid Outbreak

A new outbreak of COVID-19 is allegedly sweeping across China. Hospitals and morgues are overwhelmed, and even high-ranking CCP members are falling ill or dying. And amid the new outbreak, leaders of the Chinese regime opened international travel. The situation mirrors similar moves taken by the CCP at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when…


LIVE 01/02, at 10:30 AM ET: CCP Opens Pressure Valve On the Pandemic; Sends Flights Globally Amid Outbreak

A new outbreak of COVID-19 is allegedly sweeping across China. Hospitals and morgues are overwhelmed, and even high-ranking CCP members are falling ill or dying. And amid the new outbreak, leaders of the Chinese regime opened international travel. The situation mirrors similar moves taken by the CCP at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when…


NTD News Today (Dec. 26): ‘Twitter Files’ Reveal Suppressed Covid Info; GOP Wants ‘Church Committee’ Style Probe of FBI

Twitter seems to have censored COVID-19 content under pressure from government officials. That’s according to the latest installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter Files”. House Republicans are signaling they want to conduct an in-depth investigation of the FBI once in power. The development comes in light of the Twitter Files revelations. Those highlighted the agency’s alleged heavy influence on…


Avian Flu Outbreak Wipes out 50.54 Million US Birds, a Record

CHICAGO—Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data showed on Thursday. The deaths of chickens, turkeys, and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping the previous record of 50.5 million birds…


16 People Infected, 1 Dead in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Deli Meat, Cheese

Sixteen people have been infected with the outbreak strain of listeria across six states in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Nov. 9. The outbreak has been connected to meat and cheese from deli counters contaminated with listeria, health officials said. Investigators are still working to identify any specific products or delis that may…


Invasive Mosquitoes Could Unravel Malaria Progress in Africa

LONDON—Scientists say an invasive mosquito species was likely responsible for a large malaria outbreak in Ethiopia earlier this year, a finding that experts called a worrying sign that progress against the disease is at risk of unraveling. The mosquito species, known as Anopheles stephensi, has mostly been seen in India and the Persian Gulf. In…


Uganda Steps Up Ebola Response as Virus Infects 109, Kills 30

KAMPALA—The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said on Wednesday, adding that the government was setting up an additional treatment center. Fifteen of the confirmed cases were among health workers, of whom six had died, she told a…


WHO: Ugandan Ebola Outbreak ‘Rapidly Evolving’ After 1 Month

KAMPALA, Uganda—Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is “rapidly evolving” a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers. “The Ministry of Health of Uganda has shown remarkable resilience and effectiveness and [is] constantly fine-tuning a response to what is…


Uganda Locks Down 2 Districts in Bid to Stem Spread of Ebola

KAMPALA, Uganda—Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease. The measures announced by President Yoweri Museveni mean residents of the central Ugandan districts of Mubende and Kassanda can’t travel into or out of those areas by private or public…


Cholera Outbreak in Malawi Has Killed 110 Since March

BLANTYRE—Cholera has spread to 22 of Malawi’s 28 districts, killing 110 people and infecting 3,891 people since March when the first case was reported, the health minister said on Tuesday. The first case of the debilitating infection, which spreads mainly through contaminated food and water, was reported in March in the southern district of Machinga….