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You can still get infected with Covid-19 after being vaccinated. Here’s why
By CNN, 1048, January 10, 2021 (EAT)
On December 18, a San Diego emergency room nurse was given a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. A week later, he tested positive for the virus, CNN affilia...

coronavirus , vaccine
Yellow fever in Nigeria continues to spread
By VOA, 1020, December 6, 2020 (EAT)
A Nigerian yellow fever outbreak detected early last month is worsening and causing many cases and deaths across five of the country’s 36 states. ...

yellow fever
COVID-19 pandemic threatens decades of progress in global health: WHO
By VOA, 1028, November 10, 2020 (EAT)
The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, warns the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening decades of progress against infe...

coronavirus , HIV , MALARIA , Measles , Tuberculosis , yellow fever
COVID-19 restrictions led to polio, measles outbreaks: WHO
By VOA, 1451, November 7, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday the COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictions and demands on resources have stifled immunization programs, ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Measles , Polio
We’re only just beginning to learn how COVID-19 affects the brain
By CNN, 1251, July 30, 2020 (EAT)
One of the more puzzling aspects of the novel coronavirus is just how many organ systems are impacted through the course of the disease. We've heard a...

coronavirus
WHO: COVID-19 cases doubled globally over last 6 weeks
By VOA, 1157, July 11, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization reported Friday that the total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide doubled over the past six weeks. At his regular bri...

coronavirus
Five dead in new Ebola outbreak
By CNN, 825, June 2, 2020 (EAT)
Five people, including a 15-year-old girl, have died of Ebola in a fresh outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations...

ebola
‘Coronavirus may never go away,’ WHO says
By Reuters, 1313, May 14, 2020 (EAT)
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to pr...

coronavirus , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before
By CNN, 924, May 3, 2020 (EAT)
As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine
COVID pandemic blocks shipments of children’s vaccines
By VOA, 320, May 3, 2020 (EAT)
The U.N. Children’s Fund warns that COVID-19 mitigation measures are preventing the shipment of vaccines to dozens of developing countries, putting ...

coronavirus , Measles , Polio , vaccines
The virus hunters who search bat caves to predict the next pandemic
By CNN, 1015, April 27, 2020 (EAT)
Before entering the cave, the small team of scientists pull on hazmat suits, face masks and thick gloves to cover every inch of their skin. Contact wi...

bat caves , coronavirus , COVID-19 , EcoHealth Alliance
Scientists using sewage to measure the prevalence of Covid-19
By CNN, 944, April 27, 2020 (EAT)
As the need for widespread Covid-19 testing grows, officials are looking to flush out hidden cases of the virus by examining sewage. Groups of scie...

Biobot , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Johns Hopkins University
Ebola patient escapes from hospital in Congo
By VOA, 1001, April 20, 2020 (EAT)
An Ebola flare-up in eastern Congo may spread again after a patient escaped from a clinic, complicating efforts to contain the disease that has infect...

Congo , ebola
The timetable for coronavirus vaccine is 18 months. Experts say that’s risky
By CNN, 954, April 1, 2020 (EAT)
Eighteen months might sound like a long time, but in vaccine years, it's a blink. That's the long end of the Trump administration's time window for...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine
First coronavirus death reported in the US
By Reuters, 1331, March 1, 2020 (EAT)
A Washington state man in his 50s with underlying health issues became the United States’ first fatality from the coronavirus, officials said on Sat...

coronavirus
9M children at risk of death from pneumonia: report
By Rene Oswere, 1104, January 31, 2020 (EAT)
Stepping up the fight pneumonia could avert nearly 9 million child deaths from pneumonia and other major diseases, a new report has found. Accordin...

pneumonia.
Philippines rejects dengue vaccine as outbreak leaves hundreds dead
By VOA, 2101, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
The Philippines stood firm Tuesday on its ban on the world's first dengue vaccine while declaring a nationwide epidemic from the mosquito-borne diseas...

Dengue vaccine , Philipines , The United Nations (UN) , World Health Organisation (WHO)
U.S. measles outbreak grows with 60 new measles cases across 26 states
By Reuters, 1925, May 27, 2019 (EAT)
The United States recorded 60 new measles cases last week, taking confirmed cases for the year to 940, the worst outbreak since 1994 and since measles...

cdc , Measles , United States
As measles returns, U.S. states look to cut vaccine exemptions
By Reuters, 1457, May 3, 2019 (EAT)
Maine could soon prohibit parents from citing religious or personal beliefs to avoid vaccinating their children, making the U.S. state one of a half d...

Alex Azar , House of Representatives , Measles , United States
Measles quarantine tops 1,000 at LA Universities
By VOA, 1150, April 27, 2019 (EAT)
More than 1,000 students and staff members at two Los Angeles universities were quarantined on campus or sent home this week in one of the most sweepi...

Measles