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VACCINATIONS

Employees at the National Institute of Biomedical Research in Kinshasa, Congo, on Wednesday
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 6, 2026
Experimental Ebola trial begins in Congo as death toll tops 500
The outbreak has already infected almost 1,600 people in Congo and seeded a small number of linked cases in neighboring Uganda.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been in chaos following deep staff cuts and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overhaul of U.S. vaccine policy.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
New CDC leaders vow to boost skeleton staff left after DOGE cuts
Over the last 18 months, about a quarter of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff left or were cut by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
A healthcare worker takes samples from a patient suffering from Ebola.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 26, 2026
Ebola scientists lack access to virus samples behind Congo’s largest Bundibugyo outbreak
The issue highlights growing disputes over pathogen sharing and the difficulty of moving infectious materials across borders for research.
A doctor wearing protective gear stands near an ambulance at an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, eastern Congo, on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health / EXPLAINER
Jun 19, 2026
The vaccines and treatments being developed for Ebola outbreak
Scientists, pharmaceutical companies and funding bodies have been racing to develop new vaccines and treatments that can be swiftly and safely tested in humans.
Traditional healer Mariam Kabika cuts eucalyptus leaves in her field in Bunia, in eastern Congo, early this month.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2026
Congo’s traditional healers are on the front line of Ebola fight
In a region where health workers are shunned, an effective response to Ebola relies on integrating communities and “their rites,” the World Health Organization says.
Health workers prepare medicine for patients with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on May 22.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2026
Moderna and other groups get $60 million to develop Ebola vaccine
Richard Hatchett, head of CEPI, said that it was possible to get Ebola Bundibugyo (BDBV) vaccines ready for trials within a couple of months.
Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of a doctor who worked at a medical center and died of the Ebola virus, in Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 26.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2026
Tracking down Ebola survivors in remote mountains to find a cure
The road into Bundibugyo winds through steep green mountains along Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where villages cling to hillsides and people have long moved easily between the two countries on foot.
Medical Director of Mongbwalu General Hospital Richard Lokudu stands next to the burned remains of a destroyed emergency isolation tent at the Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in Mongbwalu, Djugu Territory of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response
At least three such incidents have occurred in the northeastern province of Ituri where the first Ebola cases were reported.
Aid agencies are intensifying efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 21, 2026
Ebola outbreak likely started months ago and spread undetected
The rare Bundibugyo strain circulated for “a couple months” before being identified in blood samples on May 15.
Tomoya Saito
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 3, 2026
Aged people still cautioned against COVID-19 during Golden Week
The Japan Institute for Health Security continues to monitor COVID-19 cases at about 3,000 medical institutions nationwide.
Health minister Kenichiro Ueno speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 24, 2026
Japan’s health minister calls for measles vaccinations
According to the minister, 299 measles cases were reported between Jan. 1 and April 12, already exceeding the total figure for 2025.
The Japan Pediatric Society is urging people to check their vaccination records and to consider receiving measles shots if they are found to have been unvaccinated.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 18, 2026
Japan on track to log highest number of measles cases since COVID-19 pandemic
About half of patients are age 10 to 29, and the Japan Pediatric Society is calling on people to get vaccinated.
Former Switzerland head coach Patrick Fischer at the game against France at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics in Milan on Feb. 12
MORE SPORTS / Ice Hockey
Apr 16, 2026
Switzerland fires ice hockey coach for fake COVID vaccination certificate
Patrick Fischer issued a statement on Monday ‌saying he ‌entered China using a non-valid certificate ​that the Swiss federation did not know about.
A dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2026
Pfizer and BioNTech halt U.S. COVID-19 vaccine study after recruitment struggles
The move comes as COVID vaccine ‌makers grapple ‌with pushback from the U.S. administration and weak U.S. demand for the shots.
From Wednesday, vaccines to prevent respiratory syncytial virus will be administered to women in their 28th to 36th weeks of pregnancy in Japan to protect their unborn children from the virus.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 30, 2026
Japan to begin RSV vaccinations during pregnancy to protect infants
The vaccine will be administered to women in their 28th to 36th weeks of pregnancy to immunize their babies, with costs primarily covered by public funds.
The health ministry in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward. Japan has seen a total of 100 confirmed measles cases so far this year.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 18, 2026
Japan raises alarm over recent measles outbreaks in Tokyo and other cities
Tokyo announced Tuesday that a total of nine people, all males in their 20s working for the same eating and drinking venue, had been infected.
A researcher works in the vaccine laboratory of Panacea Biotec, a pharmaceutical company in New Delhi.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2026
India moves closer to dengue vaccine as final trials underway
Dengue, which causes severe flu-like symptoms and debilitating body aches, has exploded globally, fueled by rising temperatures and densely populated cities.
Japan’s panel of experts has cleared Daiichi Sankyo’s vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella for ministerial approval. If approved, it will become the country’s only available MMR vaccine, primarily intended for children.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2026
Japan expert panel OKs Daiichi Sankyo’s MMR vaccine
If approved by the minister, the vaccine, primarily for children, will be the sole MMR vaccine available in Japan.
Pins showing the new inverted food pyramid and reading "I'm a MAHA Mom" displayed during an "Eat Real Food" rally at Brazos Hall in Austin, Texas, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 28, 2026
Trump’s pesticide and vaccine moves spur MAHA backlash ahead of midterms
An aggressive White House push on health policies risks stalling out as key parts of the “Make America Healthy Again” coalition grow frustrated.
A tech-averse care worker (Ryo Narita, left, with Erika Sawajiri) turns anti-vax influencer after his wife dies following a routine COVID-19 jab in King Bai’s “#Viral.”
CULTURE / Film
Feb 27, 2026
‘#Viral’: A Faustian tale about internet fame and anti-vax anxiety
King Bai’s bold but muddled post-pandemic drama skewers how bad actors manipulate online discourse.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Prior to launch, Japan ‘strongly urged’ China to reconsider missile test in Pacific
A missile is fired from a Chinese Navy nuclear-powered submarine on Monday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has issued verbal warnings recently using the same language and the same tone, saying authorities “will take appropriate action at any time, as necessary.”
Japanese teen arrested for booting users off streaming service
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly creating a malicious program and canceling subscription accounts on the Bandai Channel.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.

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