Following is a summary of current health news briefs.
US adds Atlanta area \u200bairport for Ebola screening, CDC says
Americans coming back \u200bfrom the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda \u200cor \u200bSouth Sudan now have a second entry point for returning to the United States, with the CDC on Saturday expanding its enhanced Ebola screening to include Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International \u200cAirport. Hartsfield-Jackson has previously been used to screen passengers and has established operational procedures in place, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Jardine Matheson to buy Australia’s I-MED at $2.4 billion enterprise value in healthcare push
Jardine Matheson said on Monday it has \u200cagreed to buy Australian medical imaging provider I-MED Radiology Network for a total enterprise value of A$3.4 billion ($2.4 billion), adding a \u200cmajor healthcare diagnostics business to the Hong Kong-based group. The storied investment group, whose businesses span property, retail, and automotive sectors, said it will buy a 100% stake in I-MED from funds advised by private equity firm Permira and other shareholders.
Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases, bringing total to five
Uganda has \u2060confirmed three \u200bnew cases of Ebola, bringing \u2060the total number of infections in the current outbreak there to five, the health ministry said on Saturday, as authorities stepped up contact tracing to \u2060contain the spread. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain a public health emergency of international concern, and said \u200bthe risk of a national epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is “very high”.
Suspected and confirmed measles deaths \u2060top 500 in Bangladesh
At least 86 children have died from confirmed measles infections in Bangladesh this year, and another 426 with symptoms consistent with the \u2060disease, \u200bhealth officials said on Saturday, as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks in decades. Cases have spread rapidly in recent months, overwhelming hospitals and placing severe strain on already fragile healthcare services, particularly in rural districts and densely populated low-income urban \u2060areas.
Red Cross mourns death of three volunteers from Ebola in Congo
The Red Cross on Saturday paid tribute to three volunteers who \u2060are believed to have died \u2060after contracting Ebola while handling bodies and are among the first known victims of the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is \u200cno approved vaccine or \u200ctreatment, was declared an emergency of international concern by the \u200bWorld Health Organization on Sunday.
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