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…
DRC launches first mpox vaccination drive in efforts to curb outbreak | Health News
The vaccine will first be given to health workers and those with existing health issues.The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its first vaccination campaign…
Cholera Outbreak in Nigeria’s Yobe Claims Nine Lives as Floods Worsen Health Crisis
Local authorities have confirmed at least 132 cholera cases in Yobe state, northeast Nigeria, with about nine deaths—a 6.8 per cent fatality rate. “The delay…
Brits' Turkey holiday ruined after 'bug' outbreak leaves them fearing death and stranded in hotel
Holidaymakers in Turkey found themselves quarantined inside their hotel, or even hospitalised an put on a drip, after a severe sickness bug swept through their…
Dozens missing in Yemen floods, risk of cholera outbreak rises | Weather News
At least one clinic in western Yemen has suspected cholera patients with heavy rains prompting outbreak concerns.At least 24 people are missing as Yemen has…
Tourists in Greece warned over deadly disease outbreak as 12 die
The West Nile Virus has caused deaths in Greece, with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control warning that the outbreak is a 'major…
'Goat plague' outbreak sees British tourists returning from EU slapped with import ban
Travellers returning from the EU will have to forfeit their feta and chuck their unlabelled goats cheese from today, as the government tightens controls on…
War-ravaged Sudan battles cholera outbreak | Health News
Lying on a hospital bed, Aisha Mohammed said she was suffering from cholera symptoms, an increasingly common disease in Sudan where a prolonged war has…