The first two COVID-19 vaccine trials in the U.S. will not be tested in pregnant women this year, raising questions about how this vulnerable populati...
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...
The novel coronavirus seems to be more deadly for men. But in every other way, women are bearing the brunt of this pandemic. From a spike in domest...
The new coronavirus can persist in men's semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could be sexuall...
ODM leader Raila Odinga has said the COVID-19 disease 'cannot stop reggae' and Kenyans should prepare for a referendum as the coronavirus will soon ...
For this year’s Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled or postponed over the coronavirus outbreak, the world’s health would have to be at stake, Internati...
Fears that the new coronavirus outbreak is on the verge of becoming a global pandemic have stoked concerns about the Tokyo Games and while the Interna...
China marked its most fatal day yet during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak Thursday as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the virus a global ...
South Africa’s health ministry says it is on “high alert” for possible coronavirus patients at the continent’s busiest airport. No cases ha...
A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Ugan...
The World Health Organization decided on Friday not to declare an international public health emergency over the Ebola outbreak, despite its recent sp...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In an experiment with global implications, Australian scientists have successfully wiped out more than 80percent of disease-carrying mosquitoes in tri...
Dakar, Senegal-From deadly droughts and destroyed crops to shrinking water sources, communities across sub-Saharan Africa are struggling to withstand ...
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 ...
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 ...
Serikali imezindua dawa itakayoweza kutumika na mtu yeyote aliyeko hatarini kuweza kuambukizika virusi vya HIV ili kujikinga na maradhi hayo pamoja na...