Africa CDC Deploys Experts to Investigate unknown Disease X outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
On Dec. 9, 2024, the Africa Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that it is working closely with…
Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda traced to Bats
On Nov. 1, 2024, the World Health Organization reported that as of October 31, 66 confirmed cases, including…
Source of Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda remains unknown
On Oct. 25, 2024, the World Health Organization reported that as of October 24, a total of 64…
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New risks raise pandemic threat on a global scale
On Oct. 14, 2024, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) released a report that outlined 15 key drivers…
Sabin Vaccine Institute Delivered Marburg Vaccines to Combat Outbreak in Rwanda
On Oct. 12, 2024, the Sabin Vaccine Institute announced it had delivered a second shipment of ~1000 more…
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WHO reported Increase in Rwanda Marburg virus disease incidence
On Oct. 11, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a total of 58 cases of Marburg…
Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, with 26 cases confirmed
On Sept. 28, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Rwandan health authorities were intensifying outbreak control…
WHO reported Marburg virus disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea
On Nov. 13, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO announced that the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare…
Tanzania declared the end of its first documented outbreak of Marburg virus disease
On Jun. 2, 2023, the Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania declared the end of…
Additional cases of Marburg virus disease reported in Equatorial Guinea
On Apr. 15, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that six additional laboratory-confirmed cases of Marburg virus…
Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease
On Mar. 21, 2023, the Ministry of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of…
Equatorial Guinea confirmed first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak
On Feb. 13, 2023, Equatorial Guinea today confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Preliminary tests carried…
Ghana declared first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease
On Jul. 17, 2022, Ghana announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if…
Ghana reported first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease
On Jul. 7, 2022, Ghana announced the preliminary finding of two cases of Marburg virus disease and if…
BioNTech introduced first modular mRNA manufacturing facility to promote scalable vaccine production in Africa
On Feb. 16, 2022, BioNTech announced it had introduced its approach to establishing scalable vaccine production by developing…
Guinea declared end of Marburg virus disease outbreak
On Sept. 15, 2021, Guinea declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak having recorded no new…
West Africa’s first-ever case of Marburg virus disease confirmed in Guinea
On Aug. 9, 2021, health authorities in Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern…
BioNTech updated on vaccine production status at Marburg manufacturing site
On Mar. 26, 2021, BioNTech announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the manufacturing of the COVID-19…
BioNTech updated vaccine production manufacturing site in Marburg, Germany
On Feb. 10, 2021, BioNTech announced they had increased their manufacturing capacity in Marburg, Germany to up to…
BioNTech acquired GMP manufacturing site to expand COVID-19 vaccine production
On Sept. 17, 2020, BioNTech announced an agreement with Novartis to acquire their GMP certified manufacturing facility in…
Soligenix announced publication demonstrating thermostabilization of filovirus vaccine antigens
On Sept. 15, 2020, Soligenix announced publication of nonclinical results characterizing filovirus protein antigens (including for Ebola and…
Soligenix and University of Hawaii at Manoa initiate work on novel Coronavirus vaccine for COVID-19
On Mar. 23, 2020, Soligenix announced that its ongoing collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH…
The CDC established the International Health Program Office
In 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the International Health Program Office, now…
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The CDC opened an expanded maximum containment lab (hot lab) for highly dangerous viruses
In 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completed construction of a new hot lab…
The CDC opened its first biological containment lab
In 1969, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opened its first permanent high-containment laboratory (HCL)…