After attacks on two Ebola treatment centers in Democratic Republic of Congo last week, Doctors Without Borders says public health workers are “failing” to control the epidemic.

The outbreak has infected 50,000 people and killed 300, most of them children, since cases began to crop up in October 2018.

Most of the 34 patients are under 10 years old, and almost all have been confirmed as unvaccinated against the virus.

Results from an observational study find that the introduction of a routine vaccine in Australia coincided with a fall in the incidence of the autoimmune condition.

In one county alone, more than 100 cases have been confirmed since October.

The person, whose identity has not been revealed, may have been exposed to the virus in Democratic Republic of Congo and is now at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Scientists debate why the number of whooping cough cases is up, and whether the effectiveness of a vaccine introduced within the last two decades is to blame.

Numerous experimental vaccines that aim to provide multi-season protection are in human studies.

Author and researcher Peter Hotez explains the campaign to combat neglected tropical diseases.