(NEW YORK) — France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said.
The patient is a humanitarian doctor who recently returned from the DRC and has been transferred to a specialist hospital, authorities confirmed.
French health officials say the case was detected quickly, the necessary precautions are in place and that there is no indication of local spread.
“France has specialized capabilities for managing highly transmissible infectious diseases,” France’s Ministry of Health said in a statement announcing the case. “Patients are treated in a designated healthcare facility, following strict biosafety protocols (negative pressure room, dedicated equipment and protocols). Health authorities are fully mobilized and the situation is being continuously monitored.”
“All precautionary measures, including the patient’s isolation, were taken upon his arrival in the country, with transfer to the hospital under secure conditions to prevent any risk of contamination,” the statement continued.
Officials said a thorough epidemiological investigation is underway to identify individuals who may have been in contact with the patient and that they will be contacted “without delay” by the regional health agency before undergoing 21 days of home isolation while being closely monitored the entire time.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has assessed the risk of infection as “low” for European residents and travelers to areas of active transmission, and “very low” for the general European population.
Female doctor talking with young woman in exam room (MoMo Productions/Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — Cervical cancer deaths are 49% higher for women living in poverty, a major report released on Thursday finds.
Women living in poverty were also 23% more likely to develop cervical cancer compared to those living in higher-income areas, according to the report from the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR).
“The disparities in this situation arise from an access to care issue,” Dr. Paul DiSilvestro, division director of gynecologic oncology at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, who was not involved in the report, told ABC News.
“I think we often don’t understand the pressure on women as it relates to screening. Sometimes you have to make a choice between going to work, caring for your children, putting food on the table and getting a screening test,” he added.
Cervical cancer is typically caused by a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). The disease is now largely preventable thanks to the introduction of the HPV vaccine nearly two decades ago. Studies show the vaccine has drastically reduced mortality rates from cervical cancer.
If cervical cancer is caught early, it is usually easier to treat, according to the National Cancer Institute. However, not all women are able to get vaccinated as a teenager or get regular screenings in adulthood.
Some public health specialists say that new data suggests stark racial disparities appear to be easing, although there is still a long way to go.
In 2000, Hispanic women were 70% more likely to die of cervical cancer compared to white women, according to the AACR report. By 2024, Hispanic women were 10% more likely to die of cervical cancer, the report found.
Efforts and strategies to decrease these disparity gaps have been in effect nationally. The AACR reports that cervical screening increased by 62% after incorporation of patient navigation services.
A study in the AACR summary combined data from 20 trials done across the country, which included information about services including transportation assistance, interpreter services, home visits, patient education, scheduling assistance and individualized financial support.
It found that lay Hispanic/Latino community members who receive specialized training to provide basic health education in the community, known as promotoras, played key roles — alongside social workers, telephone counselors and social workers — in delivering these services.
Policy changes, such as Medicaid expansion, have also produced measurable increases in screening uptake among previously uninsured populations, according to the study.
Despite these efforts, patients living in poorer counties are still experiencing worse outcomes, DiSilvestro said.
“We need to do a better job of delivering the screening to the community as opposed to expecting the community to present itself to us for the screening,” he said.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends two doses of the HPV vaccine at age 11 or 12, a shot that has proven to prevent up to 90% of cervical cancer cases.
The CDC also recommends that screening pap smears start at age 21. Pap smears look for cell changes on the cervix that could develop into cervical cancer.
“I think we can’t forget that in this situation, cervical cancer screening works,” DiSilvestro said. “But it only works if we can provide it to the people.”
Areta Bojko, MD is a board-certified OBGYN and gynecologic oncology fellow at Women and Infants Hospital and a member of the ABC News Medical Unit.
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If there’s a naughty list at CMA Fest, Luke Bryan’s probably on it.
It’s a confession the superstar made backstage as he prepared to close out the 2026 Nissan Stadium shows earlier in June, making him the final artist to play the festival in the original home of the Tennessee Titans. In 2027, it’s set to be held in the soon-to-be-completed new stadium.
“It’s been fun through the years. I have historically taken it kinda late, but then I have been reprimanded by the city before for going too late, so we’ll keep it on the rails tonight, being the last performer on Sunday,” Luke said, before recalling a highlight.
“I think one night Randy Travis was in the audience. I think I did like six Randy Travis songs in a row to honor him. But there’s no telling,” he added, “but I’m gonna get caught up in the moment and we’ll see what happens.”
You too can see what happened during Luke’s set when the annual CMA Fest special premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, before its Friday arrival on Hulu.
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Eva Marcille as Marilyn ‘Madam’ Deville in season 5 of ‘All the Queen’s Men’ (Paramount+)
A new episode of All the Queen’s Men season 5 premieres Wednesday, continuing the story of Marilyn “Madam” Deville, who runs an exotic nightclub in Atlanta while navigating threats to her empire and personal life. The titular “queen,” played by Eva Marcille, was shot at the end of season 4. Speaking to ABC Audio, Eva said one of the most exciting parts of returning for season 5 was continuing a storyline that put her character in an unfamiliar position.
“The way season 4 ended was that it was such a cliff-hanger where Madam was the one that was hurt,” she explains. “Oftentimes, and in every season’s cliff-hangers, someone else is hurt, and Madam has to deal with it, and it infringes upon my empire. But to see Madam actually bleeding, to see her not able to stand on her own two feet is a lot.”
The experience has taken a toll on Madam, who has “gotten through a lot” but now finds herself “at the bottom of another [mountain].”
“The question is how was she gonna climb up this one? Especially after that hole in her chest,” Eva says.
As Madam works to overcome her latest challenge, fans can expect to see “a level of frustration, a level of confusion” from the character, though she never loses sight of who she is. “You can always expect Madam to Madam. At the end of the day, she knows who she is,” Eva says. “What happened is the big question. And what I can say, things are never as they seem.”
Season 5 marks the final one for the show, which Eva says she’s proud to have been a part of.
“To do what we did during COVID all the way through 2026, to represent the way we have and to create a world that so many have invested in, has been nothing but a pleasure,” she says.
I Prevail performs during 2025 When We Were Young festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 18, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage)
I Prevail has announced a new single called “Paradise.”
The track is set to premiere on Friday. It will feature Amira Elfeky, who’s opening for I Prevail on select dates of their upcoming tour of the U.K. and Europe beginning in September.
Unlike in the Guns N’ Roses classic “Paradise City,” it appears that the grass is not green in I Prevail’s “Paradise.” A teaser clip for the song, posted to the band’s Instagram, includes footage of buildings collapsing and explosions of fire.
“Paradise” follows I Prevail’s 2025 album, Violent Nature, which marked their first following the departure of vocalist Brian Burkheiser. It spawned the single “Into Hell.”
I Prevail will be touring the U.S. starting in October alongside Three Days Grace.
Inductee Colin Blunstone of The Zombies performs at the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony – Show at Barclays Center on March 29, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images For The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
The Zombies frontman Colin Blunstone is returning to the U.S. this fall.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced dates for a 19-city tour with The Fixx and Peter Asher.
The trek will hit the Northeast and Midwest, starting Sept. 2 in Somerville, Massachusetts, with stops in New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Nashville and more. It wraps Sept. 30 in Troy, New York.
In a post on Instagram, Blunstone writes that he’s “thrilled” to be heading out on tour again, noting fans can expect to hear “songs from my solo career and some Zombies classic tunes.”
Tickets for all shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
Blunstone wrapped his Believe in Miracles U.K. solo tour on May 28 in London. In a post on Instagram he called it “one of the most enjoyable tours I’ve ever been on,” noting that he hopes he and his band can do another solo tour in the U.K. early next year.
In addition to the upcoming U.S. tour, Blunstone is scheduled to perform at The Zombies’ annual Begin Here festival, taking place Oct. 30- Nov. 1 in their hometown of St. Albans, England. More info can be found at TheZombiesmusic.com.
Jasmine Amy Rogers attends the 78th annual Tony Awards Meet The Nominees Press Event at Sofitel New York on May 8, 2025, in New York City. (Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions) | Tom Blyth attends Dom Pérignon Révélations 2026 at Guggenheim Bilbao on June 4, 2026, in Bilbao, Spain. (Pierre Mouton/Getty Images for Dom Perignon)
Revivals of The Sound of Music and A Few Good Men are headed to Broadway.
Both productions will make it to the Great White Way as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2026-27 season.
The Sound of Musicrevival will open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in spring 2027. Tony nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers will star as Maria von Trapp in this production of the classic musical. The role was made famous by Julie Andrews in the beloved 1965 film adaptation.
The Sound of Music originally opened on Broadway in 1959. It has not been revived since 1998. Performances start on March 23, 2027, with an opening night of April 15.
Headed to the Vivian Beaumont Theater this fall is a revival of the play A Few Good Men.
Bradley Whitford and Tom Blyth are set to star in the production, with Blyth making his Broadway debut. Tony winner Michael Arden will direct the first-ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama, which starts performances on Oct. 8 and has an opening night of Oct. 29.
Blyth took to Instagram on Tuesday to celebrate his upcoming Broadway debut.
“broadway debut baby! back to the old stomping ground,” Blyth wrote. “You can’t handle the truth!!!”
A Few Good Men was first produced on stage in 1989. It was then adapted into the 1992 film that starred Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson and was directed by Rob Reiner.
Muni Long performs onstage during Day 3 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Josh Brasted/Getty Images for ESSENCE)
Two-time Grammy-winning R&B singer Muni Long is opening up about a life-changing health battle after doctors told her she had one week to live without a lung transplant.
Long, whose hits include “Hrs & Hrs” and “Made for Me,” shared details of her health journey over the past year — which she said included a double lung transplant last December — in an interview Tuesday on Good Morning America.
The singer, whose real name is Priscilla Renea Hamilton, has been open about living with lupus since being diagnosed with the disease in 2014.
According to MedlinePlus, an online health resource run by the National Library of Medicine, lupus is a chronic autoimmune condition that can affect many parts of the body, including the skin, joints, kidneys, lungs, heart, blood vessels, nervous system and digestive system. It can cause a range of symptoms, which differ from person to person, but can include fatigue, arthritis, rashes, mouth sores, swollen glands, and confusion and memory problems.
People with lupus also face an increased risk of heart disease, kidney damage, blood clots and inflammation of the tissue surrounding the lungs, MedlinePlus states.
“There is no specific test for lupus, and it’s often mistaken for other diseases that cause similar symptoms,” it adds, noting that the cause of lupus is currently unknown.
Long said she struggled through much of her time as a supporting act on Brandy and Monica’s The Boy Is Mine Tour last year before her health deteriorated.
“The road is tough, like, even when you are healthy … I should have never taken that tour, but there was so much going on in my life where I had to do it,” Long said, speaking with GMA.
As temperatures dropped during the Northeast leg of the tour, Long said her lupus symptoms worsened.
After battling pneumonia and stepping away from several dates, she attempted to return before ultimately being forced to stop performing. “It was just like … I couldn’t even get out of the bed to make my call-time for a stage,” she said. “In the last show, I just barely made it. I was only able to do two songs.”
Long said that after returning home for Thanksgiving, she woke up one day in a hospital, where a team of specialists delivered devastating news.
“And they’re all like, ‘You need a transplant,'” she recalled. “And I’m like, ‘Well, it sounds like you guys have a time[line], like, how long do I have to live?’ And they go, ‘A week. A week to live.'”
Long said she eventually underwent a double lung transplant in December 2025 and is now about six months into her recovery.
“I’m six months post-op,” she said. “No symptoms, asymptomatic, no infections, none of that.”
Long recounted that the prospect of a transplant, when first presented, raised questions about her future as a performer.
“It absolutely was, like, the ego and the vanity … like, what about my voice? You know, what’s gonna happen?” she recounted.
Long said her new single, “Richest” — off a forthcoming album due out this fall, details of which have not been released — was recorded before the surgery and will be the last music released featuring her pre-transplant vocals.
“My voice now is, it’s totally different,” she said. “It’s actually better, but I don’t know that I can perform yet.”
Reflecting on her experience, Long said she hopes others learn the importance of prioritizing their own well-being.
“If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything,” she added.
