Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case, Sparking Concerns
Residents of Nigeria's capital Abuja express concern over the Ebola outbreak and potential lockdown measures.
Residents of Nigeria's capital Abuja express concern over the Ebola outbreak and potential lockdown measures.
A candidate in a teacher recruitment exam in Puning, Guangdong, posted that on August 6 staff of the municipal Education Bureau persuaded him to fill out a voluntary withdrawal of employment form on the grounds that he failed the HIV physical exam. The physical exam standards revised in 2013, as specified in the recruitment announcement, do not list AIDS as a disqualifying condition, yet the Education Bureau refused to hire him based on the version revised in 2007. After refusing to sign, the candidate filed complaints with the letters and visits, human resources and social security, and discipline inspection departments, and on August 17 received a written certificate of physical exam failure and applied for administrative reconsideration; the problem remains unresolved.
A 28-year-old female lab technician at a plague research institute in the Russian Far East died several days after the onset of symptoms from pneumonic plague, raising concerns about laboratory safety and the spread of the virus.
On September 9, 2026, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in conjunction with the National Health Commission, released the "Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for AIDS (2026 Edition)", aiming to leverage the unique advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine and improve the clinical efficacy of AIDS diagnosis and treatment.
India approves its first dengue vaccine, bringing hope in the fight against a severe epidemic; over the past five years India has reported more than 1 million dengue cases, and the actual figure may be far higher.
On August 18, 2026, NTD reported that a Hebei Health Commission staff member said the 522,000 new confirmed cases in July released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention only reflect medical consultation data, and that the real number of infections is higher, with hospital beds in tight supply and long queues for cremation in many places; the claim has not been officially confirmed.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading at an unprecedented rate; government data shows 3,874 confirmed cases and 1,751 deaths.
On August 2, 2026, medical staff from multiple public hospitals in Fujian reported on social media platforms that local health authorities were demanding the return of temporary epidemic-prevention subsidies and allowances legally disbursed during the pandemic, sparking dissatisfaction among grassroots workers in the medical system.
China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention released monitoring data showing that the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests rose from July 20 to July 26, up 4 percentage points compared with the previous week, with the dominant strain being NB.1.8.1.
On July 30, 2026, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released surveillance data showing that the positivity rate for COVID-19 among influenza-like cases in outpatient and emergency departments of sentinel hospitals nationwide climbed to 20.3%, with fever clinic patients increasing significantly in Guangdong, Henan and many other places.
After the EcoHealth Alliance announced its impending closure following the anti-science investigation controversy, Peter Daszak announced the establishment of a new non-profit organization, Nature Health Global, to continue operations.
Bai Yansong interviewed Liang Wannian on the program News 1+1, raising nine questions about the economic cost and necessity of the dynamic zero-COVID policy; the program only arranged for Liang Wannian alone to answer and reiterated the policy's rationality.