by M Dowling, Independent Sentinel:
The director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is making the hantavirus into another pandemic. He is using it to send a message to Argentina and the United States to rejoin his organization.
Tedros claimed any space not covered gives space to the virus, and “the best immunity is solidarity.” He is making it clear that he thinks every country in the world must submit to the WHO’s governance. What could go wrong?
by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
The Milwaukee Health Department is monitoring three patients for the Ebola virus. All are considered to be a very low risk according to health officials.
The health department in Milwaukee said that it is taking appropriate steps to monitor the situation and will continue working with public health partners as needed.
Previously, both Brazil and Italy ruled out Ebola in suspected cases. There are currently no cases in either country. It appears that the United States will soon be in this same boat, taking safety measures out of an abundance of caution.
by Jon Fleetwood, Jon Fleetwood:
100% spread rate between mammals.
A newly released NIAID-funded preprint reveals that U.S. government-funded researchers claim to have created bird flu pathogens specifically selected for known “mammalian-adaptive” mutations, genetic changes said to help purported avian influenza viruses spread more efficiently in mammals.
The move comes amid unprecedented international influenza pandemic orchestration, covered extensively on this website.
by Jon Fleetwood, Jon Fleetwood:
$313 million for construction of new influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities.
The U.S. House of Representatives has advanced legislation proposing more than $3.3 billion for federal medical countermeasure programs, including nearly $313 million specifically earmarked for a future influenza pandemic, according to the bill’s text.
H.R. 9260, introduced by Representative Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), is titled the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 and would fund the federal government’s labor, health, education, and related agency programs for fiscal year 2027.
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by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
The most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC or DR Congo) is worsening. The World Health Organization (WHO) director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is concerned that population movement is going to exacerbate the already tense situation.
One main concern is that this outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are currently no approved vaccines or treatments. The affected area is a mining zone with constant population movement, increasing the risk of the virus spreading further across the region.
This is already the worst outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus in world history, and its rapid spread is of major concern for most health officials familiar with hemorrhagic diseases.
by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
Russia has begun implementing border controls and other measures to keep hantavirus at bay. These precautions aim to prevent the potential spread of the deadly Andes hantavirus strain, the country’s public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has said.
As a precaution, “Rospotrebnadzor – together with the Russian Border Service – has taken measures to strengthen border controls,” it said. Automated information systems are being used at the border to assess and minimize risks, it added, according to a report by RT.
This current outbreak was discussed during a Rospotrebnadzor video conference on Tuesday, where the discussion centered on preventative measures. Hantaviruses are a long- and well-studied group of natural infections, the agency said in a follow-up statement on Wednesday, adding that no outbreaks have been recorded in Russia this year.
by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
Scientists say that bats will be the most likely source of the next major epidemic. While a new study finds only a handful of bats have this potential, those that do can harbor a virus that will spread quickly in human beings.
The new global study, published in the journal Communications Biology, found that only a small fraction of bat lineages consistently host viruses with the highest epidemic potential. The results show that epidemic risk clusters within specific evolutionary groups rather than across bats as a whole.
The study additionally reframes emerging disease risk as the outcome of host lineages interacting with human choices instead of blaming bats.
from Your News:
Health officials are tracking confirmed and suspected Ebola cases in Congo and Uganda as the CDC expands U.S. entry restrictions for recent travelers from affected countries.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
The World Health Organization’s director-general warned Monday that an Ebola outbreak in Africa is moving faster than public health teams can contain it, as officials reported hundreds of suspected cases and more than 200 suspected deaths tied to the spread of Bundibugyo ebolavirus.
by Steve Byas, The New American:
A hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius Dutch cruise ship has claimed the lives of three passengers and caused illness in others, according to mainstream news reports. Contact tracing links the illness’ origin to South America and the Atlantic island of St. Helena. U.S. passengers face a 42-day quarantine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Hantavirus is a rodent-borne RNA virus, and HPS, or hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, gained prominence in 1993 during a deadly outbreak in the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States, where scientists identified it as a new pathogen transmitted primarily through contact with secretions from infected mice or rats. Flu-like symptoms can rapidly progress to severe respiratory distress, with some strains causing fatality rates as high as 40 percent. Betsy Arakawa, wife of actor Gene Hackman, made headlines in February 2025 when she succumbed to hantavirus in New Mexico.
