Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Ituri province, reporting 80 deaths and 246 suspected cases as laboratory testing identified the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. The Ministry of Health
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Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Health Services said the combined death toll tied to the country’s measles outbreak had risen to 415 by May 11, after six more children died in the previous 24 hours. The total includes 65 laboratory-confirmed measles deaths and
EuroWire, GENEVA: The World Health Organization said three people have died after a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the polar expedition vessel MV Hondius in the Atlantic, with one infection laboratory confirmed and five additional cases under investigation. The ship, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions,
KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an end to the mpox outbreak that had remained under national emergency management for about two years, with Health Minister Roger Kamba saying the epidemic no longer met the threshold for that status. The
LYON: Nearly four in 10 cancer cases worldwide could be prevented by reducing exposure to known, modifiable risk factors, according to a new analysis from the World Health Organization and its cancer research agency released for World Cancer Day. The assessment estimated that
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have intensified support to Uganda in response to a recent outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD), a member of the Ebola virus family. This includes facilitating access to a candidate vaccine and
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) primary collaboration center for traditional medicine in India has announced the annual observance of “Ayush Medical Coding and Records Day” on January 10, starting in 2025. This decision was made during the 10th World Ayurveda
MENA Newswire News Desk: The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a landmark study published in eBioMedicine, identifying 17 pathogens that pose significant health risks and are in urgent need of vaccine development. This extensive research is the first global
In an ironic twist of self-serving rhetoric, Jacek Olczak, CEO of tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI), has taken to the pulpit to preach the gospel of tobacco harm reduction. His earnest plea for governments worldwide to accelerate the end