Last Updated: October 4, 2024
Key Takeaways
- Tropical cyclone Helene hit the Commonwealth as a tropical storm, causing extensive damage in Southwest Virginia. A major disaster was declared in Virginia.
- Longshoremen returned to work early Friday, ending a strike that began Tuesday.
- Damage to an IV solutions manufacturing plant may impact medical supply chains, though the immediate impact is limited.
- Rwanda reported an outbreak of Marburg virus disease. The WHO estimates the risk of global spread to be ‘low’.
- The majority of new HPAI A(H5N1) detections in dairy cattle have been in California. H5-type virus has also been detected in the state’s wastewater.
- Clade Ib mpox continues to spread in DR Congo and Burundi.
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