WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency

By Reuters,

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Ugan...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , ebola , The World Health Organization

WHO says Ebola outbreak not yet global emergency

By VOA,

The World Health Organization decided on Friday not to declare an international public health emergency over the Ebola outbreak, despite its recent sp...

Deadly ebola outbreak , DRC Congo , uganda , World Health Organization (WHO).

Ebola spread concentrated in Congo, not a wider emergency: WHO

By Reuters,

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has killed more than 700 people and is continuing to spread does not constitute an...

Congo , ebola

Scientists to test tailor-made vaccine tech to fight epidemics

By Reuters,

A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made t...

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) , German firm BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals

African Islands Call for Help as Climate Change Impacts Health

By VOA,

African island states this week said they need more help to cope with the health impacts of climate change, from worsening nutrition to a resurgence i...

Cape Verde , Dengue fever , Seychelles , World Health Organization (WHO).

Kenyan hospitals ‘detain patients using armed guards, chains’ over unpaid bills

By VOA,

Doctors at Nairobi's Kenyatta National Hospital have told Robert Wanyonyi there's nothing more they can do for him. Yet more than a year after he f...

Kenyan hospitals , Kenyatta National Hospital , Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital , Pumwani

Test wipes out over 80pc of disease-carrying mosquitoes

By CNN,

In an experiment with global implications, Australian scientists have successfully wiped out more than 80percent of disease-carrying mosquitoes in tri...

mosquito

As Africa Warms, Mosquito Carrying Zika, Dengue More Likely to Thrive

By Citizen Reporter,

Dakar, Senegal-From deadly droughts and destroyed crops to shrinking water sources, communities across sub-Saharan Africa are struggling to withstand ...

122 million dollars needed for global response to Zika virus- WHO , Brazil scientists seek to unravel mystery of Zika twins , Dengue fever , Negotiators zero in on Zika virus funding

Scientists to test whether Zika can kill brain cancer cells

By Reuters,

Scientists in Britain plan to harness the Zika virus to try to kill brain tumor cells in experiments that they say could lead to new ways to fight an ...

brain cancer , zika

6 things you need to know about dengue fever

By Sally Boyani,

Over 120 cases of dengue fever were reported in Mombasa County by Sunday, May 8, 2017 – causing Mombasa County health officials to raise alarm over ...

Dawa mpya ya kuzuia maambukizi ya UKIMWI yazinduliwa

By Saida Swaleh,

Serikali imezindua dawa itakayoweza kutumika na mtu yeyote aliyeko hatarini kuweza kuambukizika virusi vya HIV ili kujikinga na maradhi hayo pamoja na...

AIDS , dAWA , HIV , UKIMWI

U.S. Zika vaccine begins second phase of testing

By Reuters,

Researchers have begun the second phase of testing of a Zika vaccine developed by U.S. government scientists in a trial that could yield preliminary r...

US , zika

Tokyo won’t see Rio-style golf pull-outs, says Park

By AFP,

  Olympic golf champion Park In-Bee on Tuesday said she didn't expect Tokyo 2020 to be hit by serial withdrawals, after a number of top men's ...

Brazil , Golf , JAPAN , Jordan Spieth , olympics , Rory McIlroy , Tokyo 2020

Congo declares end to worst yellow fever epidemic in decades

By Reuters,

Democratic Republic of Congo's worst yellow fever outbreak in decades has ended two months after Angola declared its epidemic to be over, following a ...

Zika doctor warns Brazil against lowering guard on birth defects

By Reuters,

The doctor who first linked the Zika virus to birth defects says Brazil has too quickly forgotten the tragedy of 2,000 babies born with smaller-than-n...

Mexico confirms first case of microcephaly from Zika

By Reuters,

Mexico has confirmed the first case of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the health ministry said on Friday. The affected child, a girl, was b...

Zika virus discovered in neighbouring Tanzania

By Teddy Otieno,

The Zika virus has now been discovered in Tanzania, the country's National Institute of Research on Human Diseases has said. According to the direc...

WHO ends Zika public health emergency

By CNN,

The Zika virus outbreak and related clusters of microcephaly are no longer a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organi...

who , zika

U.S extends warning time for men with possible Zika exposure

By VOA,

U.S. health authorities are urging men to wait six months before trying to conceive a baby with their partner if they have traveled to an area with th...

Thailand confirms S.E Asia’s first Zika-linked birth defects

By VOA,

Authorities in Thailand have confirmed that two cases of babies with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads, were caused by the Zika virus, the first...

Thailand , zika , zika virus