The fighting is complicating contact tracing, infection prevention and food access, all of which increase the risk of disease ...

The monkeypox virus is causing concurrent outbreaks of mpox in Africa, with more and more frequent exportations outside the ...

Situation in Goma particularly dire, with fighting damaging water and electricity systems, forcing residents to rely on ...

"There are reports of 2,029 wounded in health facilities and other points of care, and 45 dead across 3 health zones in North ...

Bryony Cottam meets a doctor dedicated to combating malaria and other deadly diseases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Here’s a look at five infectious diseases that could ... A recent unidentified illness in the Congo, initially labelled Disease X, turned out to be a severe form of malaria.

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GENEVA: The UN on Tuesday said the humanitarian situation in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma was "extremely worrying" amid ...

Jan. 20, 2025 — Researchers have profiled the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells showe how changes in the viral polymerase -- a ...

The UN has warned the humanitarian situation in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma was "extremely worrying" amid mass ...

Infectious-disease diagnostics is the procedure by which the causative agent of an infectious disease is identified and often characterized. It can be based solely on clinical presentation or more ...