Israelis advised to avoid traveling to Uganda's Mubende and nearby districts, where the outbreak, first reported on September 20, has led to six confirmed deaths so far

More effective treatments and availability of vaccines means the highly infectious hemorrhagic fever that once proved almost always fatal can now be contained

Incoming chief of staff is experienced master of policy with a reputation among Democrats and, strikingly, even some Republicans for competence, combined with authority on pandemic

REGN-COV2 is a combination of two antibodies that block the coronavirus' 'spike protein' which it uses to invade human cells

Johnny, from East Jerusalem, drove a group of Greek tourists later found to be carrying coronavirus; was hooked to ventilator, but now released from hospital

Professor Ian Goldin argues pandemics have always threatened humanity more than wars, but governments overfund armies and don't give enough to health systems

Existing medicines are unwieldy and poorly understood, but breakthrough by Israeli and German scientists could help protect more people for the long-term