Uganda’s Ministry of Health officially declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak on Saturday, after 42 consecutive days without a single new infection since the last confirmed patient was discharged. In a statement posted on social media platform X, the Ministry celebrated the achievement, stating: “Good news! The current Ebola Sudan Virus Disease outbreak […]

As of April 17, a total of 800 confirmed measles cases had been reported by 25 states. On Wednesday, KFF Health News released a survey showing that misinformation about measles and its vaccines was spreading rapidly across the United States, as the country was faced with the most serious outbreak of the disease in a […]

The CDC requested the public not to eat any recalled products and to clean refrigerators and containers. On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that twelve deaths have been reported in the United States amid a multi-state outbreak of Listeria infections linked to supplemental shakes. RELATED: Death Toll Rises in […]

The patients who died from the disease had symptoms like fever, cold, cough, pneumonia, and breathing issues. On Thursday, Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel confirmed that a mysterious fever outbreak in the western Indian state has killed 16 people. The outbreak has been reported in several villages of Kachchh district, about 380 km west of […]

More than 400 cases of cholera have been reported in Lagos state since the outbreak began

On Monday, South Sudanese health officials declared an outbreak of conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, along the border between Uganda. RELATED: Sudan: Statistics Show Deterioration in Children’s Education Minister of Health Yolanda Awel Deng said the outbreak was first detected among travelers from neighboring Uganda where similar cases had been reported, and the ministry […]

According to data provided by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay account for 89 percent of the people affected by dengue in Latin America. This figure represents a total of 1.7 million infected since the beginning of the year.  RELATED: Uruguay Starts the Week With a Total of 359 Cases of […]

On Thursday, Somalia’s ministry of health said that at least 75 people have died from cholera since January, amid a significant rise in new cases. RELATED: Somalia: Cholera Death Toll Rises to 60, New Cases A total of 7,235 new cases have so far been reported, the Ministry of Health and Human Services said, adding […]

On Sunday, the UN Children’s Fund, or UNICEF said that at least 60 people died from cholera in Somalia in the past three months, indicating the severity of the outbreak. RELATED: Somalia: 1.4 Mln Doses of Cholera Vaccine Received, Cases Surge “There has been a significant rise in cholera cases in the last three months, […]

On Thursday, public health authorities said that at least 72 fatal cases of Lassa fever have been reported in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, since the beginning of this year. RELATED: 160 Killed in Attacks in Central Nigeria The 72 deaths were among a total of 411 cases confirmed so far from the outbreak of […]