Uganda confirms Ebola case in nurse in capital city The case comes at a fragile time for global health, and as U.S.-WHO relations are strained

https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/uganda-ebola-sudan-nurse/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-88C6W4WbGRbGioRcBSXXT1gSFouGu-eL2cvdeKmqUeXmTU91_4bd32tHqXWNfa_t0udJXnxRzK83Dg7bTgSn-5FvJAog&_hsmi=345022952&utm_content=345022952&utm_source=hs_email Ebola case confirmed in Uganda Ugandan health officials on Thursday confirmed a case of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, in a 32-year-old nurse. The man died Wednesday at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala. Officials identified 45 people who were in contact with the man; none have showed any signs of Ebola. Any Ebola outbreak raises fears of transmission, but an outbreak of the disease in an urban setting like Kampala raises particular concerns. The man was also infected with the Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there are no licensed therapeutics or vaccines. The news arrives three years after the country had an outbreak caused by Ebola Sudan that led to 164 cases, including 55 deaths. The confirmation of an Ebola case comes at a fragile time in global health. Under the new Trump administration, the U.S. is moving to withdraw from the World Health Organization and has already paused communications with WHO officials, steps that American and international health officials have widely decried and warned threaten global and U.S. health security. Read more here.