Pressure Systems edition
Measles Deaths Mount as Ebola Crosses Congo Borders
November 8, 2026
What this edition shows
Measles is now killing children in Wisconsin and New York while U.S. cases pass 5,000—the highest in 35 years—and South Carolina's outbreak reaches Washington state, with the CDC reportedly holding back a health alert and infants infected in utero. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has surpassed 10,000 cases and 5,300 deaths, crossed into Kenya and Uganda, and strained containment as international support arrives late; WHO has only just approved trials for two new vaccines. The through-line is not generic distrust but concrete institutional lag: public-health agencies and political leaders are failing to match fast-moving outbreaks with timely alerts, funding, and vaccines.
Reporting and analysis behind this edition 14 sources
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Another child dies of measles as CDC reportedly holds up health alert
NY governor pointed to Kennedy's long-standing anti-vaccine work as spurring outbreaks.
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America Records Its 8th Measles Death Of The Year In Wisconsin
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American Measles Cases Have More Than Doubled Last Year’s Record Totals
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7th Measles Death Of The Year Recorded In New York State
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Babies Are Catching Measles in Utero for the First Time in Decades
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Study: America’s Measles Problem Is Domestic, Not RFK Jr.’s Dirty Foreigners
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CDC reports more than 5,000 measles cases, highest number in 35 years
Children and teenagers make up almost 60 percent of confirmed cases.
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South Carolina's measles outbreak jumped to Washington state 5 times in 2 weeks
International travel used to be the main risk of measles cases in the US—not anymore.
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Delayed international support has hampered efforts to contain and treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The DRC is in the seventh month of an Ebola outbreak. AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi I visited a family of 19 in Sierra Leone in 2015. By the time I arrived, eight had died. The other 11 were left to live with the grief and fear of what might happen next. I am a medical doctor and epidemiologist, a…
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Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people in DR Congo
The Bundibugyo strain has spread to Kenya and Uganda, while two in Nigeria returned negative results.
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Ebola death toll in DR Congo passes 5,000
Authorities are struggling to find a way to control the outbreak, with no approved treatments or vaccines.
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Ebola cases in DR Congo surpass 10,000 in fastest-growing outbreak
Nearly half of the people confirmed to have the virus have died in DRC's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.
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WHO approves trials for two new Ebola vaccines
Two new vaccines were designed for the Bundibugyo virus that has killed more than 5,300 in the DR Congo.
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Health authorities probe two suspected Ebola cases in northeast Nigeria
The two individuals have been isolated while officials carry out contact tracing and laboratory testing.