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Outbreak

DR Congo Vaccinates Health Workers in Ebola’s Epicenter With a Vaccine Licensed for a Different Virus

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 20, 2026
A health worker in a yellow gown, hairnet, goggles, mask and blue gloves injects an Ebola vaccine into the upper arm of a seated United Nations peacekeeper at an open-air vaccination point in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with more health workers filling out paperwork at a table behind them.

Health workers in DR Congo’s Ituri province began receiving Ervebo Ebola vaccine Saturday, even though the outbreak is caused by a different virus species.

Categories Health Tags Outbreak

Pennsylvania Reports a Third Measles-Linked Death in the Country’s Largest Outbreak

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 14, 2026 · Updated September 20, 2026
AI-generated illustration: a laboratory bench with test tubes, glass flasks, a microscope, safety goggles, gloves, a blank clipboard, and yellow hazard tape.

A 40-year-old woman from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, September 12, 2026, from complications her county coroner has linked to measles.

Categories Health Tags Measles, Outbreak, South Carolina

Nearly 2,000 Sickened in Food Poisoning Outbreak Tied to Indonesia’s Free School Meal Program

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 6, 2026 · Updated September 20, 2026
A stainless-steel tray of rice, chicken, tempeh, vegetables and a banana served under Indonesia's free school meal program

Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, teachers and religious-boarding-school pupils, fell ill with suspected food poisoning between September 1 and 4, 2026

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