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Month: October 2026
Global Outbreak Tracker Oct 31, 2026Kerala Nipah Deaths: Specialist Denies Use of Remdesivir, Government Orders Probe
Dr A S Anoop, who dealt with some of the Nipah cases, said treatment records and the circumstances surrounding the deaths did not support allegations that expired Remdesivir had been administered to the deceased patients.
Global Outbreak Tracker Oct 31, 2026Gov’t protests Saudi Arabia’s Ebola-related travel restrictions
The Ministry of Health has protested Saudi Arabia’s decision to suspend travel by its citizens to Kenya and halt visa issuance to travellers from the country, terming the measures excessive and unsupported by the current Ebola situation.
Global Outbreak Tracker Oct 31, 2026Deadly Ebola outbreak spirals as death toll hits record high and fears grow over UK spread
The confirmed death toll in the current Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has reached 5,000, with information from their health ministry showing that of the 10,351 who have been infected there have been 5,026 lives lost.
Black News Oct 31, 2026Civil Rights & Racial Dynamics Dispatch: Police Accountability in Colorado, Voting Rights Battles, and Project 2025 Alarms
A 48-hour investigative dispatch examining the DA clearance in the Longmont police shooting of Dariss Yearby, youth gun violence in the Bronx, Texas AG voter-suppression litigation, dark-money PAC ad blitzes in Michigan, legal threats to Louisiana’s last majority-Black district, and civil-rights coalition warnings on Project 2025.
Crime & Justice Oct 31, 2026Missing Woman Found Dead in Her Home
Santa Fe Police arrested a woman Thursday night for possessing the car of missing woman found dead in her home on Thursday earlier the same day.
Global Outbreak Tracker Oct 31, 2026Bangladesh death toll from dengue rises, unlikely to ease before December
Bangladesh had its worst dengue month of 2026 in October, with 173 deaths.
Earth Changes Oct 31, 2026Earth Changes Daily, October 31: M6.5 Quake Bonin Islands, Japan region, Flood Watches in 4 States and Great Sitkin Volcano on Watch
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Bonin Islands, Japan region at 2:09 a.m. UTC on Oct. 25, about 492 km (≈306 miles) below the surface, the U.S. Geological Survey reports . The USGS PAGER system rates the expected impact GREEN. USGS flags it as an ocean-area quake, so check tsunami.gov for any official tsunami message. It is the strongest earthquake tracked by the USGS this week, with active aftershocks continuing across the region.