Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, ...
A meeting convened by WHO in Africa in February, 2024, aimed to develop a protocol for assessing new treatments for filovirus diseases during outbreaks. Esther Nakkazi reports.
According to the health ministry, up to 3 trillion Shillings is needed in Uganda's efforts to combat Ebola. The country has been on alert since outbreaks of the disease were announced in North Kivu in ...
Press Release - To strengthen regional cross-border Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) readiness during public health emergencies, Africa CDC, UNICEF, IFRC, and WHO (the Collective ...
An Ebola epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ... one of the towns hardest hit by the outbreak. The second Goma fatality, who died on Wednesday, was a gold miner who had been ...
Cases of measles had surged that year from outbreaks linked to unvaccinated Afghan refugees. Massimo Pacilli, a deputy commissioner for the Chicago Department of Public Health, acknowledged CDC ...
SANTA CRUZ — After months of battling against a pair of bacterial outbreaks in Santa Cruz County, local health officials say they are ready to taper the response to one, but remain vigilant in ...
Epidemiology researchers are harnessing tools developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to untangle the origins of the 2020 Ebola virus disease outbreak ...
We've heard a lot about foodborne illness outbreaks in 2024. In January, Walmart shoppers were warned about potential Listeria contamination from recalled salad kits, dressing, and dips, while ...
The loss from theft and waste represents close to 10% of the $4.3 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed to mitigate the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more ...