3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (342+ words) In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the outbreak’s epicenter, but risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu and Haut-Uele, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said at a weekly briefing. According to the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (574+ words) Ramisa’s mother Ranu Akhter traveled hundreds of kilometers (miles) after doctors in eastern Bangladesh referred her to a specialized child hospital in Dhaka to seek treatment for the life-threatening condition. “It made me realize how widespread the measles outbreak is,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (396+ words) More than 400 of the chimpanzees had been used by American researchers in Liberia in the hepatitis B vaccine experiments from the 1970s until the early 2000s, Ricote said, many of them captured in the wild as infants. Liberia has the second-highest number…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (498+ words) The incidents, reported between Tuesday and Thursday in East Java, Central Java, West Sumatra, Aceh and South Sulawesi, affected about 1,950 students, teachers and Islamic boarding school pupils who became sick after consuming meals distributed under the government program, known by…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (391+ words) The U.S. will provide Namibia with $45 million for its HIV response in the 2027 fiscal year but the country will then start funding its own HIV programs, with the U.S. only providing “technical cooperation," both countries said in statement. Namibia has received around…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (541+ words) Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak has recorded 6,186 confirmed cases, including 3,007 deaths since it was declared a global health emergency in mid-May. It remains the fastest-growing outbreak of Ebola ever. Jean-Claude Angwanzia, a resident of Bunia, said…...

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1+ week, 5+ day ago   (431+ words) The resumption of classes comes in the middle of an outbreak that is spreading rapidly. According to the latest government data, 2,950 people have been killed by the virus since mid-May among 6,100 confirmed cases as of Tuesday. The union representing teachers…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (388+ words) More than 1,360 people have recovered from the virus, in what authorities said was an “encouraging” development. The outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading under extremely difficult conditions, fueled by insecurity, displacement, a health workers’ strike and intense population movements. The…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (760+ words) Sehloho has an almost unheard-of role in this part of the world: male midwife. His arrival at the Mpharane Health Center in the southern African kingdom is met with a sigh of relief from several women, some of them pregnant....