MMSL, 2026 (vol. 95), issue 3
CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND NATURAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR MECHANISMS OF ACTION FOR TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERSReview article
Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian, Wenli Sun
MMSL 2026, 95(3):92-130 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2025.007 
Background and Purpose: The application of medicinal plants and herbs to cure diverse animal and human ailments predates recorded history. Gastrointestinal disorders have a high prevalence in human societies.Methods: This research examined the scientific literature from 1990 to June 2025 by conducting a bibliometric analysis of the literature published on the Web of Science database, including more than one thousand articles. The information provided was obtained from randomized control experiments, analytical observations, review articles, and studies which were gathered from different literature sources such as Google Scholar, Scopus, Science Direct,...
THE CURRENT EBOLA OUTBREAK IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: LESSONS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITYLetter to the editor
Vanda Bostik
MMSL 2026, 95(3):131-133
The current outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) poses an urgent challenge to public health at the national, regional, and global levels. Internal seminars and operational briefings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2026) underscore that managing epidemics of highly dangerous infectious diseases in destabilized regions cannot be viewed in isolation as a purely medical problem. Current developments in the DRC demonstrate that the success of epidemiological measures is directly dependent on the security situation and on the ability to effectively coordinate the activities...