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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

1/2 Ebola has reached a 7th province in Congo. A 23-year-old man traveled more than 2,000 km over about 3 weeks, passing through Rwanda and Uganda and then across Congo before dying in Sud-Ubangi. His journey shows the challenge of containing the virus as it moves along busy transport corridors.

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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

As the Ebola outbreak unfolds in the DRC, we explored different control scenarios: Improved case detection has the largest impact, but even a moderately effective vaccine could markedly reduce mortality, either through ring or community vaccination. 👉https://tinyurl.com/37ssjdvm

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

1/2 Six Ebola checkpoints in DR Congo stopped reporting because the people staffing them hadn’t been paid. Elsewhere, officials checking a list of 240 people supposedly working at an Ebola center could find only 40. actualite.cd/2026/08/19/r...

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What has Covid left behind for the scientists who study dangerous viruses? @chafkin.bsky.social and I spent time with Bob Garry, whose shrinking Tulane lab offers a glimpse of what’s happening to virology just as the forces that drive outbreaks grow. 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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A Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at Stake

The battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats.

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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

wrote about the experience of watching one's life's work get set on fire because..."lab leak." A profile of the virologist Robert Garry with the great @jasongale.bsky.social. gift link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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A Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at Stake

The battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats.

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I’m reading Jason Gale’s book After Covid: The Health Impacts That Will Last Generations; and yes

thankfully, they aren't dying-but the virus is targeting areas that shape cognition and personality."

Young Adults, Repeat Infections, and Compounding Risks
Even mild infections have been linked to difficulty concentrating and processing information among young adults. These cognitive problems can persist and often worsen after physical or mental ex-ertion, making it harder for people to work, socialize, or return to school.
A 2024 study by the Patient-Led Research Collaborative found that repeat infections further erode the protective effects of vaccines and increase the risk of severe fatigue, postexertional malaise, and other Long Covid symptoms, findings that mirror earlier work by epidemiologist Ziyad Al-Aly.27 "This is my biggest concern, particularly for younger people," Beckman said. "Each infection raises the risk of Long Covid. What's frustrating for me and a lot of scientists is that it doesn't feel like leadership is listening. We're going to pay the price in a few years. It's definitely cumulative."
Most of the damage is invisible-no limp, no scar, just the sense that something has changed. A word that won't come. A name that slips away. A sharpness that used to be there. For researchers like Beckman, the question now isn't whether Covid affects the brain but how many people are living with the aftermath, unaware of what was lost.

Picture of the book After Covid by Jason Gale

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The audiobook of After Covid came last month. Debate is raging over whether the Covid response went too far, even as we grapple with the long-term illness and disability the virus left behind. In 2026, these questions matter more than ever. recentaudiobook.com/book/792401/...

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After Covid by Jason Gale — Audiobook

In After Covid, award-winning journalist Jason Gale presents a thorough exploration of the pandemic's profound impacts and the ongoing challenges it creates. Through meticulously researched accounts, ...

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Bloomberg: Ebola Case Count Set to Increase as Congo Officials Expand Hunt for Hidden Infections by Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social @bloomberg.com bloom.bg/4gm0LAK

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Sadly, confirmed Ebola deaths in DR Congo climbed beyond 1,000 on Tuesday. # fatal cases has doubled in just over 2 weeks, with the INSP reporting 2,536 cases and 1,033 deaths today. The toll has climbed from 506 on July 4, with the epidemic spreading into Haut-Uele and Tshopo.

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

1/ This Ebola chart is worrying for a number of reasons. One is that deaths are increasing as a proportion of the total number of confirmed cases, pushing the crude fatality ratio to 39.6% as of Friday's SitRep insp.cd/sitrep-n063-...

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

1/4 As #Ebola's footprint widens in eastern Congo, attention is also turning to South Sudan. Study last week estimated ~70% chance of x-border spread. Samantha Nutt of War Child told me conflict, displacement + weakened health services have left region unusually vulnerable.

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

1/ I've been following Congo's #Bundibugyo #Ebola outbreak through the government's daily situation reports. The latest report (No. 44, covering June 27) suggests an outbreak that's still expanding, even as the response becomes more organized. A few charts that stood out:

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The world's largest outbreak of Bundibugyo is giving researchers their best chance yet to understand one of the least-studied #Ebola viruses. As recoveries grow, doctors are learning how it behaves — and preparing the first clinical trial targeting the strain. 🎁🔗👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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As Recoveries Rise, Doctors Are Finally Learning How Bundibugyo Ebola Behaves

As more patients recover from the world’s largest recorded Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, doctors are beginning to piece together how the rare virus behaves — offering the clearest picture yet of one of t...

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Australia was the last major landmass without the globally circulating #H5N1 #birdflu strain. That's changed. Here's what the virus is, why scientists are watching it so closely, and what it means for Australia. My latest for @bloomberg.com 🎁🔗⬇️

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H5N1 Bird Flu Has Reached Every Continent. How Worried Should You Be?

A strain of avian influenza known as H5N1 has proved alarmingly adept at jumping continents and species.

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#Ebola patients are fleeing treatment centers in eastern Congo in search of food. Aid workers say hunger is an impediment to containing the outbreak, with >150 reported escapes from treatment and isolation facilities since late May. Latest with Michel Kavanagh for @bloomberg.com tinyurl.com/yredt92e

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Ebola Patients Flee Treatment Centers in Congo for Food as Hunger Crisis Deepens

Ebola patients are fleeing treatment centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of food, underscoring how hunger has become one of the biggest obstacles to containing the virus.

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It's with great sadness to share that Pa Goba passed away over the weekend after his prolonged battle w. PSP. Thanks to all who contributed to support him and his family - it made a big difference! We'll keep the fundraiser open a little longer to help support the family with memorial costs ✨🙏 .

It is with great sadness that we share that Mr. Augustine Goba passed away on June 6th after a prolonged battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP).

Mr. Goba dedicated his life to serving others, and your contributions provided a powerful reminder of the deep impact he had on everyone around him. Because of your kindness, we were able to ensure he received the best possible care, comfort, and peace in his final months, and for that, we are eternally grateful.

We will keep this page open for a little while longer to support the Goba family with final expenses and memorial costs. Thank you for your unwavering compassion and generosity, which have meant so much to all of us.

Mr. Augustine Goba receiving the Presidential Medal from Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma in 2015.

Mr. Augustine Goba, Emeritus Director of the Kenema Government Hospital Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory in Sierra Leone.

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Jess Nix and I've spent much of the past 17 months reporting on cuts to int'l aid and the changing architecture of global health. The #Ebola outbreak spreading through E. Congo is a sobering reminder that those stories often play out in communities facing dire consequences. 🎁🔗⤵️ tinyurl.com/46fktezp

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How Funding Cuts Left the World Vulnerable to Ebola

A strain with no known treatment or vaccine is spreading fast, and the international system built to contain outbreaks is in crisis.

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A new health zone, attacks on Red Cross burial teams, escaped patients, and contact tracing below 40% in the province driving the outbreak. The latest situation report offers a stark picture of the challenges facing #Ebola responders in eastern DR Congo. shorturl.at/DgPRk

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Ebola Reaches New Congo Area as Contact Tracing Breaks Down

Ebola has reached a health zone more than 100 miles from the mining town where Democratic Republic of Congo’s outbreak is believed to have begun, as responders track fewer than 40% of known contacts i...

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Anne Cronin @annecronin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

FREE LINK for this beautifully written story by @jasongale.bsky.social and Naomi Kresge on trying to find people who have survived Ebola to create vaccines and treatments. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Tracking Down Ebola Survivors in Remote Mountains to Find a Cure

One scientist studies blood samples, sees lasting effect almost 20 years after infection

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

20 years after a rare Ebola outbreak swept through western Uganda, scientists are returning to survivors in search of antibodies that might protect against multiple Ebola species — and perhaps even Marburg. My latest with Naomi Kresge on the work of immunologist Jennifer Serwanga shorturl.at/Zyx9p

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Tracking Down Ebola Survivors in Remote Mountains to Find a Cure

One scientist studies blood samples, sees lasting effect almost 20 years after infection

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

One of the pandemic's hidden casualties: missed #cancer diagnoses. As health systems focused on #Covid and patients delayed or missed care, some cancers were detected later, with serious consequences for outcomes. My latest story for @bloomberg.com based on IARC study. shorturl.at/9M3Mn

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Covid Pandemic Left 55,000 Cancer Cases Undiagnosed Across 7 Nations, Study Finds

About 55,000 cancer cases went undiagnosed across seven high-income countries during the first nine months of the Covid-19 pandemic, underscoring the extent to which lockdowns and health-system disrup...

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 31/05/2026

Nice debunking of Vinay Prasad's infamous FDA memo claiming COVID-19 vax deaths. The underlying analysis--a 73-pg review conducted by career scientists in CBER's Office of Biostatistics & Pharmacovigilance, which handles post-market vaccine safety surveillance--doesn't support Prasad's memo.🛟😷

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CIDRAP Op-Ed: Manufacturing a scandal: What the FDA’s COVID vaccine pediatric death review actually says

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WHO @who.int · 29/05/2026

Ebola is a terrible disease because you often catch it while caring for someone you love – a husband, a child, a mother. Stopping transmission means helping communities recognize symptoms early, access testing quickly and get timely care. Learn more about ebola disease: www.who.int/health-topic...

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

#Ebola is spreading faster in Democratic Republic of Congo than responders can contain it, the @who.int warned, as suspected deaths climbed above 220 and treatment centers came under attack in the country’s conflict-hit east www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is ‘Outpacing’ Response, WHO Says

Ebola is spreading faster in Democratic Republic of Congo than responders can contain it, the World Health Organization warned, as suspected deaths climbed above 220 and treatment centers came under a...

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A decade after West Africa’s #Ebola crisis, the world has vaccines & outbreak playbooks. But the strain now spreading in eastern Congo—Bundibugyo ebolavirus—has no approved vaccine or antibody treatment, exposing the limits of post-2014 preparedness. My latest for @bloomberg.com tinyurl.com/5j43jek2

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The World Prepared for Ebola. Just Not This Ebola

Governments and drugmakers spent years building Ebola defenses after the 2014 crisis. A rare strain now spreading in Congo is exposing their limits.

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases @ofidjournal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Central Nervous System Involvement by Novel Clade 2.3.2.1e H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus in a Paediatric Patient ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 bit.ly/43cPr2x

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

@who.int declared the #Ebola outbreak in DR Congo & Uganda a public health emergency of international concern after cases spread to Kampala and Kinshasa. The outbreak involves the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments. tinyurl.com/fatdnbbr

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WHO Declares Congo-Uganda Ebola Outbreak Global Health Emergency

The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, warning that a rare virus strain with no approve...

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

New #Ebola outbreak in DRC involves Bundibugyo, a rare species for which there are no approved vaccines or antibody treatments. Transmission may have gone undetected for weeks in a remote mining region affected by conflict, weak infrastructure & heavy cross-border movement. 🎁🔗👇 tinyurl.com/2t4ux34h

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Rare Ebola Strain With No Approved Vaccine Kills Dozens in Congo

A rare strain of Ebola with no approved vaccine or treatment may have circulated undetected for weeks in conflict-hit northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo before killing dozens of people.

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Anne Cronin @annecronin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

FREE LINK > Update with situations of 18 Americans exposed to hantavirus on the Hondius cruise ship, including that an infected patient is in a biocontainment unit in Nebraska. @jasongale.bsky.social and @annikainampudi.bsky.social are on it > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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US Citizen Infected With Hantavirus Now Isolated in Nebraska

A US citizen who was infected with hantavirus from the Hondius cruise ship is being cared for in a biocontainment unit in Nebraska, US health officials said Monday, while another who developed symptom...

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A breath of fresh air: The International Hantavirus Society's statement on the cruise outbreak. -Pandemic risk extremely low -Hanta can have close-contact transmission, therefore they recommend targeted contact tracing & quarantine NOT general restrictions for the public. -Close contact = cruise

The International Hantavirus Society has released an excellent summary with critical information about the transmissibility of Andes hantavirus (ANDV), which is linked to the ongoing cruise ship outbreak.

With the rampant spread of misinformation, this two-page summary highlights what is known and unknown about the person-to-person transmissibility of Andes hantavirus. The statement is clear on several important points: i) person-to-person transmission of ANDV is not hypothetical; household clusters and nosocomial events do occur; ii) no evidence of efficient community transmission has been observed; and iii) the precise timing of infectiousness remains incompletely defined.

The last point is of particular interest, since some public health agencies, including the US CDC, have already issued statements claiming that only symptomatic individuals can transmit the virus to others, despite the absence of definitive scientific evidence. That is simply not known.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Breaking News, first on Inside Medicine. A hospitalized flight attendant who worked a KLM flight that carried a cruise ship passenger who subsequently died of Andes hantavirus has tested (-) for the virus. If the flight attendant had tested (+), it would've been an escalation in this story.

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Scoop: Dutch flight attendant tests negative for Andes virus.

The WHO confirmed the information to Inside Medicine, saying that the flight attendant's symptoms were due to some other cause.

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Jason Gale @jasongale.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A #hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is showing how infections travel in a globalized world. Passengers can be exposed in one place, fall ill in another and enter different health systems days or weeks later — complicating detection and response. FREE link 👇 shorturl.at/l7fkL

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A Deadly Cruise Ship Outbreak Exposes Travel’s Blind Spot

A hantavirus cluster on a remote South Atlantic voyage shows how infections can spread across borders before they’re even detected.

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emily fraser 🌿🐌✨ @emilyesfraser.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

“a survey by the center [UW’s Latino Center for Health] shows 41.2% of agricultural workers experience long COVID – one of the highest rates among professions studied. Overall, 34% of Latinos report experiencing long COVID, the highest rate among the racial groups examined.”

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The Sato Lab (Kei Sato) @systemsvirology.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

BREAKING🔔 The 57th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Cell @cellcellpress.bsky.social 🦇!! We elucidated the virological characteristics of a new bat coronavirus identified in Thailand🇹🇭 The debut work by G2P-Asia🌏! Please repost🔥 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses dynamically circulating in Southeast Asia

A study by the G2P-Asia consortium provides a comprehensive analysis spanning fieldwork, as well as experimental and computational investigations into the biology, evolution, and ecology of novel SARS...

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