The MoH/WHO AFRO Ebola DRC KIVU 2018 Dashboard reports that epidemiological week 52 has begun with 1 new case, with 50 in the past 21 days and 3,363 since the outbreak was declared on August 1, 2018. Out of 5,000 contacts, 700 are going untraced.
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David Quammen: Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus
David Quammen: Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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A 9.0 quake will be the biggest public health disaster North America has ever faced.
John M. Barry: The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
Karl Taro Greenfeld: The China Syndrome
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Ralph R. Frerichs: Deadly River: Cholera and Cover-Up in Post-Earthquake Haiti
The best book I know on the subject.
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Sonia Shah: The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
Sonia Shah: Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
Highly recommended.