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  • Uganda starts vaccine trial for Sudan Ebola strain

    Uganda starts vaccine trial for Sudan Ebola strain

    • Ugandan officials confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the east African country’s capital, Kampala, last week.
    • One nurse died on Jan. 29, and Ugandan authorities have confirmed two other Ebola cases as of the announcement of the outbreak.
    • The World Health Organization director for Africa said Uganda has started a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there is currently no approved vaccine.

    Uganda has begun a trial vaccination program for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country’s latest outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while the number of confirmed cases has risen to three.

    Last week, the east African country announced an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, with a single case, a nurse who died on Jan. 29.

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    The total number of cases has now risen to three, with the two additional cases from the family of the deceased man, Ministry of Health spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyoona told Reuters late on Monday.

    In a post on the X platform late on Monday, Matshidiso Moeti, WHO director for Africa, said Uganda had also started a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola.

    A Ugandan doctor attends to a patient who had tested positive during the launch of the vaccination for the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus at the Mulago Guest House isolation center in Kampala, Uganda, on February 3, 2025. (Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa)

    Currently, there is no approved vaccine for that strain. The existing vaccination is for the Zaire strain, which is behind a recent outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.

    “This marks a major milestone in public health emergency response and demonstrates the power of collaboration for global health security,” Moeti said. “If proven effective, the vaccine will further strengthen measures to protect communities from future outbreaks.”

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    Bruce Kirenga, who heads Makerere Lung Institute, a research organization that is doing the trial, told local media during the launch of the vaccination that it had been developed by the International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and that the institute had received about 2,460 doses.

    The health ministry last week said that the trial would target contacts of confirmed cases.

    A high-fatality disease, Ebola infection symptoms include hemorrhage, headache and muscle pains. The virus is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids and tissue.

  • CNN’s net worth cut in half between 2021 and 2023, forensic economist reveals during defamation trial

    CNN’s net worth cut in half between 2021 and 2023, forensic economist reveals during defamation trial

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    A Florida jury found that CNN defamed U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young last week, allowing a rare peek in the network’s books that revealed its net worth was cut in half from 2021 to 2023. 

    Young successfully alleged CNN smeared him by implying he illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan on the “black market” during the Biden administration’s military withdrawal from the country in 2021. The six-person jury ruled Young was to be awarded $4 million in lost earnings and $1 million in personal damages, and it also found punitive damages were warranted against CNN. 

    Before punitive damages were awarded, both sides had a chance to argue their case to the jury. The plaintiff called acclaimed forensic economist Robert W. Johnson to break down the current condition of CNN’s finances and the network’s ability to pay punitive damages. 

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    A Florida jury found that CNN defamed U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young last week.

    Johnson, who was a paid witness, used the “standard method of economic analysis” that is “used and relied upon by economists to quantify the financial condition” of CNN. He said in a perfect world he would have seen CNN’s balance sheets and income statements, but those were “never provided.”

    Instead, CNN provided 1120 U.S. Corporate Income Tax returns for the years 2021 through 2023. Johnson said he would have preferred to also receive the 2024 tax statement, but he would rely on the information that was provided.

    “We believe them to be accurate, valid and truthful,” Johnson said of the documents he was provided. 

    CNN was worth $4.4 billion in 2021 but dropped to $2.3 billion in 2023, according to Johnson. 

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    A Florida jury found that CNN defamed U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young last week, allowing a rare peak into the network’s books that reveal its net worth was cut in half from 2021 to 2023.

    Before punitive damages were awarded in Zachary Young’s victory over CNN, both sides had a chance to argue their case to the jury. The plaintiff’s paid witness showed the jury CNN financial data from 1120 U.S. Corporate Income Tax returns for the yea

    A Florida jury found that CNN defamed U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young last week, allowing a rare peak into the network’s books that reveal its net worth was cut in half from 2021 to 2023.

    CNN’s net worth was cut in half from 2021 to 2023, according to data shown to jurors. 

    During that time, CNN has had multiple leadership changes as it struggled to attract viewers during the Biden administration. CNN has seen significant turnover since 2021, with high-profile hosts like Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo out the door. 

    Former parent company WarnerMedia merged with Discovery to create Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022. 

    Johnson’s data also showed that CNN’s revenue dropped from $2.2 billion in 2021 to $1.8 billion in 2023. CNN’s net income over the same period dropped from $0.6 billion in 2021 to $0.4 billion in 2023, according to the network’s tax returns provided to Johnson. 

    Washington Post media reporter Jeremy Barr responded to the data on X, writing “these are not numbers we normally get.”

    CNN DEFAMATION TRIAL: PLAINTIFF ACCUSES NETWORK OF FAKING CRITICAL PHONE CALL FOR ‘THEATER’

    A Florida jury found that CNN defamed U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young last week, allowing a rare peak into the network’s books that reveal its net worth was cut in half from 2021 to 2023.

    Forensic economist Robert W. Johnson.

    CNN still had a $424.9 million cash flow profit in 2023 despite widespread struggles to attract an audience. CNN and Young reached a settlement before the jury could decide on punitive damages. 

    CNN dismissed Johnson’s findings. 

    “The numbers represent the Plaintiff’s interpretation of a subset of data as presented in litigation, and they do not represent financial data for the whole of CNN’s business,” a CNN spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

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