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Palghar on alert against a possible spread of the Congo fever
The district administration said in the wake of the outbreak of COVID-19, this is a matter of co…
PTI
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A person has died from Ebola in Congo, signaling the start of a new outbreak
The outbreak raises concerns after the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which was the large…
Kevin Loria,Reuters
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Another deadly virus is poised to go global
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization launched a vaccination campaign with the hope to vaccinat…
Lydia Ramsey
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WHO has declared mpox a global health emergency. What happens next?
The spread of mpox through certain African countries led the Africa Centres for Disease Control and…
PTI
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An Ebola case in a city of 1.2 million represents a dangerous new phase for the outbreak
A team from Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders, is helping coordinate …
Kevin Loria
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The 27-Year Old Who Co-Discovered Ebola Had No Idea What He Was Getting Himself Into
Piot still didn't know how incredibly deadly the virus is - that it was a hemmorhagic fever was str…
Kevin Loria
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African countries have reported 6,883 Monkeypox cases, 173 deaths in 2022
According to data released by the Africa CDC, 173 deaths and a case fatality ratio of 2.5 per ce…
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The CDC says the US will screen and track people traveling from countries with Ebola cases
Travelers coming in from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea will have their info sent to l…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Ghana declares outbreak of Marburg virus, a deadly and contagious disease like Ebola, which officials are trying to contain
This is the second instance of the virus causing an outbreak in West Africa. Two people have died s…
Marianne Guenot
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While everyone was paying attention to Zika, a much deadlier mosquito-borne virus began to spread
"The combination of sustained introduction of [infected] travelers, an ecology conducive to local t…
Rebecca Harrington
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UK confirms case of monkeypox, which causes boils and full-body rashes
The monkeypox patient, who is being treated at a specialist infectious disease facility, is thought…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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This incredibly simple technology is saving 12,000 lives a year
Insecticide-treated bed nets are the simplest and cheapest way a person can avoid contracting any o…
Chris Weller
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Guinea declares first Ebola outbreak since 2016, after confirming 7 new cases linked to a funeral
Seven people who attended a nurse's funeral later came down with diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A new Ebola outbreak has infected 32 people - and the White House official in charge of responses to global pandemics just left
"MSF has worked alongside the Congolese authorities in the past to care for patients suffering from…
Kevin Loria
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Current Ebola Outbreak Is Now The Worst In History And 'Totally Out Of Control'
Ebola begins as fever, weakness, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat, but soon progresses to vom…
Lauren F Friedman
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Here's where the plague is most common in the world
You can get infected from a flea bite or contact with infected tissues or fluids from handling an a…
Tanya Lewis
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Death Toll Rises In 'Totally Out Of Control' Ebola Outbreak
Ebola begins as fever, weakness, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat, but soon progresses to vom…
Lauren F Friedman
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A child in Yosemite was diagnosed with the plague, the third US case in recent months
Globally, between 1,000 and 2,000 cases of plague are reported each year to the WHO, but the number…
Tanya Lewis
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The World Health Organization has listed 'Disease X' as the next potential pandemic - here's how worried you should be
Writing in the Daily Mail, Dr. Jonathan Quick, a faculty member of Harvard Medical School and chair…