The death toll from Africa's ongoing mpox outbreak has reached 1,724 since the beginning of 2024, according to the ...

The Eastern Regional Health Directorate has organized a one-day workshop in Koforidua, aimed at equipping journalists with ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

Dr Abongile Balarane chief executive and general manager of the South African Poultry Association's Egg Organisation paints a ...

An international non-governmental organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, said that since early March, meningitis has been spreading rapidly throughout several ...

In a list of thousands of terminated USAID awards that was sent to Congress this week is a devastating cut suggesting the ...

Yesterday the New York Times reported that the United States has terminated a $2.6 billion grant to Gavi that was slated to ...

When I first spoke to Yap Boum II in January, 2025, he had recently become Deputy Incident Manager for the continental response to mpox with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A mysterious camel disease has struck Hurri Hills in North Horr Constituency, Marsabit County, killing at least 20 camels within a week and leaving dozens more critically ill. The outbreak has ...

Texas measles outbreak spikes as experts warn US should take steps now to prevent an epidemic - There are now nearly 500 ...

Analysis - The strategic significance of Africa in global health research cannot be underestimated and so are the dangers of Africans being used as guinea pigs or worse still, of Africa being exposed ...

The measles vaccine uses a weakened virus that's never been shown to spread to others. Samples from the outbreak in Texas ...