Sudan says cholera outbreak killed 172 people in a week | Health News
Water treatment stations attacked by RSF can no longer provide clean water in Khartoum state, which reported 90 percent of the cases.Sudan’s Ministry of Health…
Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas this year has been the center of the nation’s largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has…
Spain’s largest airport hit by ‘bedbug outbreak’ with terminals being fumigated
Terminal 4 of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas in the Spanish capital has been struggling to deal with a reported insect infestation this week, as political tensions…
Uganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak | Ebola News
The East African country announced its outbreak on January 30 after the death of a male nurse who tested positive for the virus.Uganda has officially…
RFK Jr, noted vaccine sceptic, backs measles jab amid deadly US outbreak | Health News
US health secretary says he is ‘deeply concerned’ about outbreak in Texas.Robert F Kennedy Jr, the top health official in the United States who is…
Four-year-old dies from Ebola amid new outbreak in Uganda | Health News
The latest Ebola outbreak, the sixth in Uganda, was declared at the end of January.A four-year-old has been identified as the second patient to die…
Texas measles outbreak grows as cases appear in New Mexico
Additional measles cases “are likely to occur” as an outbreak of the virus grows, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in its latest…
Agony As Parents Mourn Children Killed in Zamfara Fire Outbreak
Seventeen children were killed with 16 others badly injured after a midnight fire outbreak caused deaths and destruction in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of…
Uganda confirms one person dead in Ebola outbreak | African Union News
A nurse in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, dies after contracting the highly infectious haemorrhagic fever.Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Kampala, its…
2 dead, at least 146 infected as Kansas battles spreading tuberculosis outbreak
Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has killed two people and caused at least 146 to become infected with the potentially deadly…
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
NEW YORK — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
Sierra Leone declares emergency over mpox outbreak | Health News
The West African country has confirmed two cases of mpox in recent days.Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after two cases of mpox…
South Korea experiencing biggest flu outbreak since 2016 as cases surge 136%
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Friday flu cases are rising sharply in South Korea causing the biggest flu outbreak since 2016. The…
Dad dies after falling ill with norovirus on cruise ship holiday as 100 more passengers affected by horror outbreak
A dad died after falling ill with norovirus on a cruise ship holiday - as 100 more passengers were also affected by the horror outbreak.Alan…
Yemen facing ‘highest burden’ of global cholera outbreak, WHO warns | Health News
Yemen reports 249,900 cases and 861 deaths this year – 35 percent of the global cholera burden and 18 percent of global reported mortality.The World…
Locals Count Losses in the Wake of Fire Outbreak in Yobe Market in North East Nigeria
A fire outbreak broke out on Sunday night at the Leventis market located in Gashua local government area of Yobe State in North East Nigeria.…
Cholera outbreak in South Sudan ‘rapidly escalating’, aid group warns | Health News
Doctors Without Borders says fears growing that outbreak will spread from Upper Nile state to surrounding areas.An outbreak of cholera in South South is “rapidly…
Town centre outbreak forces evacuation of homes
Joe PughEmergency services were called to the large town centre fire on Sunday eveningBuildings have been destroyed after a large town centre blaze which was…
US fast-food chains pull onions after McDonald’s E coli outbreak | Food
At least 49 people have fallen ill in 10 US states due to contaminated food, according to health authorities.US fast-food chains including Burger King, KFC…
Rwanda begins vaccination drive to curb Marburg virus outbreak | News
Government to prioritise those ‘most at risk’ and ‘most exposed healthcare workers’ following the deaths of 12 people.Rwanda has announced that it has started administering…