Cancer Care in Africa: Merck Foundation, with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health, is expanding oncology training scholarships and building cancer care capacity across multiple countries, aiming to tackle late diagnosis and the shortage of trained specialists. Dengue Vaccine Push: A €11.09m DENSTAR consortium project (starting June 1) is accelerating development, testing and regulatory approval of a next-generation dengue vaccine for sub-Saharan Africa, with KNUST playing a key role. Ebola Preparedness in DRC: Virunga National Park leaders warn that Ebola and armed conflict are hitting hard, with teams building screening posts and protecting at-risk wildlife while vaccine access remains limited. Ebola Basics for Public Health: A CDC-style explainer reiterates that Ebola is not spread like flu/COVID, outlines virus types and symptoms, and notes the current outbreak risk to the U.S. public is low. Cholera “Didn’t Become a Crisis”: A South Sudan case shows how fast isolation, contact tracing and surveillance stopped a potential cholera outbreak at six cases with no deaths. Conservation Monitoring in Gabon: A Soundscape Baselines project uses bioacoustics to detect changes in logged forests that satellites can miss, including pilot work in Gabon. Ibogaine Spotlight: U.S. interest in ibogaine is rising as research is fast-tracked, with claims it may reduce opioid cravings—raising both hope and safety concerns.