Raina MacIntyre

Worth your time. A brilliant conversation between @Don_Milton and @EricTopol about how aerosol transmission works, and why it’s relevant to the hanta outbreak open.substack.com/pub/profairbor…

Uganda on Friday confirmed an outbreak of the highly infectious Ebola virus disease, the health ministry said, adding that the outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain. reut.rs/4dcTLov reut.rs/4dcTLov

Happening today. Join @WHO R&D Blueprint consultation for #hantavirus (Andes) medical countermeasures Details below: who.int/news-room/even…

Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment According to a study, a COVID-19 outbreak in a residential building in Spain during the early months of the pandemic likely spread through shared bathroom ventilation ducts. Read more: ow.ly/Oe7t50Z0fav

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday that there was a confirmed outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Congo's Ituri province. reut.rs/4udWFza reut.rs/4udWFza

"Northern Territory records Australia's first diphtheria death reported in almost a decade amid outbreak." "Cases have been recorded in Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia, with a total of 161 testing positive for diphtheria nationwide." abc.net.au/news/2026-05-1…

Scientist says AI chatbot told him how to make biological weapons. Via @CNN cnn.com/2026/04/30/sci…

"An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home.. The drug, called ensitrelvir, is made by the Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi.. In an international study of more than 2,000 household contacts conducted from June 2023 to September 2024, about 9% of people who got a placebo within 72 hours of a housemate developing symptoms became symptomatic themselves, compared with only about 3% of those who got a five-day course of ensitrelvir. Rates of viral transmission were lower in the ensitrelvir group, too: confirmed infections, symptomatic or not, turned up in only 14.0% of those who received the drug, compared with 21.5% of those who got a placebo.." Not bad. 'At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people' nature.com/articles/d4158…

Excellent article by @Don_Milton @trishgreenhalgh @DFisman . 99% agree! BTW Drs Milton, Greenhalgh, and Fisman? The WHO recommended N95s as source control for sick patients for the very first time. Ever. On May 8, 2026, buried in a Disease Outbreak News (DON). 🧵

Polycystic ovary syndrome is now polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome after a 14-year Australian-led campaign to fix a century-old misnomer. #PCOS renamed ausdoc.com.au/news/pcos-fina…

Hantavirus outbreak grows to 11 cases, 9 confirmed So far no cases have been identified in anyone other than passengers on the Dutch cruise ship. Read more: ow.ly/8quR50YYtoT 📷: AcfiPress Noticias Canarias, CC BY 4.0/Wikimedia Commons

Italy tests two people for hantavirus amid quarantine measures reut.rs/3PEgjFw reut.rs/3PEgjFw

JUST IN: WHO reports 2 new cases of hantavirus amid growing concern about the disease: "As of 12 May, 12h00 CEST, a total of 11 cases, including 3 deaths, have been reported. Nine of the 11 cases are confirmed, and the other 2 are probable. All are among passengers or crew on the ship." "We expect more cases given the dynamics of spread on a ship and the virus’ incubation period. At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak."

Italy's top infectious diseases hospital said on Tuesday it would examine biological samples from a man in quarantine having come into contact with a woman who died of Hantavirus. reut.rs/49pn0SA reut.rs/49pn0SA

Twelve staffers at a hospital in the Netherlands are under quarantine after treating a hantavirus patient, Dutch health officials told lawmakers. abcnews.link/NoVk3xI

Since 2023, Moderna and Korea University have been developing a new mRNA vaccine for hantavirus. The work has been promising so far, but a finished product isn't likely coming any time soon. wired.com/story/a-new-ha…

"Despite the deaths of 3 people who had been onboard the ship, and eight other confirmed cases, doctors from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the Spanish foreign health service assessed the French woman and dismissed her symptoms as anxiety or stress" #hantavirus H/T @NjbBari3 theguardian.com/world/2026/may…

The condition of a British man who was admitted to a hospital in Johannesburg after falling ill with hantavirus aboard a luxury cruise ship is gradually improving, a South African health ministry spokesperson said on Monday. reut.rs/4nnEVPs reut.rs/4nnEVPs

Four German contacts from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius are being monitored in a special isolation unit at Frankfurt University Hospital after arriving overnight, German health authorities said on Monday. reut.rs/4eAwTAl reut.rs/4eAwTAl

Cinq de nos compatriotes ont été rapatriés hier depuis le HM Hondius et sont placés à l’isolement strict à l’Hôpital Bichat. Quatre sont toujours testés négatifs. Notre compatriote positive à l’Hantavirus est toujours en réanimation dans un état stable. Huit Français, qui ont partagé le vol d’une personne malade il y a 15 jours, font l’objet d’un processus d’isolement renforcé en milieu hospitalier. Cas contacts à haut risque, aucun ne présente de symptômes. Notre réponse sanitaire est claire : pour tous les cas contacts, sans exception, quarantaine renforcée en milieu hospitalier. Deux réunions de coordination interministérielles auront lieu chaque jour à Matignon.