Ebola Outbreak Likely Started Months Ago, Spread Undetected: WHO May 22, 2026 By Naomi Kresge, Fabienne Kinzelmann and Janice Kew The Ebola outbreak probably started months ago in central Africa and spread undetected until a super-spreader event in early May,...
Ebola’s Silent Spread in Congo Exposes Surveillance Gaps May 18, 2026 By Jason Gale, Michael J. Kavanagh and Janice Kew A rare Ebola outbreak that may have circulated undetected in northeastern Congo for several weeks is exposing the difficulty of...
Health Officials Downplay Pandemic Risk From Cruise Hantavirus Outbreak May 8, 2026 By Charlotte Hughes-Morgan and Janice Kew The deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship doesn’t risk triggering the next pandemic, World Health Organization officials said, downplaying...
Mutating Mpox Virus Poses Challenges to Containment Efforts August 16, 2024 By Janice Kew and Antony Sguazzin Changes in the mpox virus are just the latest challenge facing disease trackers trying to contain an outbreak of the...
Ex-Deloitte Auditor Faces Disciplinary Action for Improper Audit of S. Africa’s Steinhoff April 23, 2021 By Janice Kew An ex-Deloitte LLP partner is facing disciplinary action in the Netherlands for an improper audit of Steinhoff International Holdings NV...
Steinhoff International’s Insurers Agree to Pay $93 Million for Directors’ Liability Claims March 23, 2021 By Janice Kew Most of the insurers that provided Steinhoff International Holdings NV with director-liability policies have agreed to pay as much as...
S. Africa’s Steinhoff in Talks with D&O Insurers to Help Settle Accounting Crisis Claims March 1, 2021 By Janice Kew Steinhoff International Holdings NV is in talks with the providers of director liability insurance policies about help settling legal claims...