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Coverage dated February 12, 2023 to February 14, 2023

WHO Hopes to Test an Experimental Marburg Virus Vaccine Amid an Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea

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The World Health Organization convened an urgent meeting to evaluate vaccine candidates after nine deaths and 16 suspected cases were reported.

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2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. WHO says Equatorial Guinea confirms 1st outbreak of Marburg

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  2. Newest

    WHO Hopes to Test an Experimental Marburg Virus Vaccine Amid an Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea

    Headline from NBC Chicago ·

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Equatorial Guinea confirms Marburg virus outbreak – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from an "outbreak" of Marburg virus, the country's health minister and the WHO said. The hemorrhagic fever is nearly as deadly as Ebola.

  2. MyNorthwest

    WHO says Equatorial Guinea confirms 1st outbreak of Marburg (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The World Health Organization says that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the

  3. Al Jazeera

    Equatorial Guinea confirms first Marburg virus disease outbreak (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Nine deaths from the disease linked to a funeral ceremony in Equatorial Guinea’s Kie-Ntem province bordering Cameroon.

  4. Forbes

    What Is Marburg? What You Need To Know About The Deadly Virus Detected In Equatorial Guinea (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    There are no treatments or vaccines approved for Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola with a fatality rate between 24% to 88%.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Marburg virus: Equatorial Guinea confirms outbreak – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from an "outbreak" of Marburg virus, the country's health minister and the WHO said. The hemorrhagic fever is nearly as deadly as Ebola.

  6. NBC Chicago

    WHO Hopes to Test an Experimental Marburg Virus Vaccine Amid an Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    The World Health Organization convened an urgent meeting to evaluate vaccine candidates after nine deaths and 16 suspected cases were reported.

  7. Voice of America

    Cameroon Dismisses Suspected Marburg Infections After Equatorial Guinea’s First Outbreak (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Cameroon’s health ministry says surveillance stepped up on border after

  8. Nature

    Marburg virus outbreak: researchers race to test vaccines (opens Nature)

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    Nature's feed description

    Control measures such as quarantine could end the outbreak in Equatorial Guinea quickly — good news for inhabitants but a mixed blessing for clinical trials.

  9. Forbes

    What You Need To Know About The Outbreak Of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever In Equatorial Guinea And Cameroon (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Equatorial Guinea has reported nine deaths and sixteen suspected cases of Marbug virus disease, and Cameroon has reported an additional two suspected cases, in an outbreak that began on February 7, 2023.

  10. Fox News

    Marburg disease hits Africa as WHO confirms outbreak in Equatorial Guinea (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The World Health Organization confirmed the presence of an outbreak of the highly-fatal Marburg disease in Equatorial Guinea, with Cameroon reportedly seeing cases as well.

  11. CBS News

    While health authorities are racing to contain a deadly Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea, the U.S. has experimental vaccines (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Nine deaths have been reported with symptoms of the Ebola virus relative so far.

  12. NBC News

    WHO hopes to test an experimental Marburg virus vaccine amid outbreak in Equatorial Guinea (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    The World Health Organization convened an urgent meeting to evaluate vaccine candidates after nine deaths and 16 suspected cases were reported.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.