Category: Health
WHO chief praises Uganda’s Ebola effort
The head of the World Health Organization visited Uganda on Monday and praised its efforts to limit the...
Nigeria police order anti-cholera measures over northeast outbreak
Police in Nigeria said they were enforcing sanitation measures in the northeastern state of Borno on Saturday, where...
Dutch health officials clear hantavirus ship to sail again
A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday...
Ebola toll tops 200, other African countries seen at risk
Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo updated the death toll from the Ebola outbreak to 204 late...
Measles outbreak kills more than 500 children in Bangladesh
A measles outbreak in Bangladesh has killed more than 500 children, government data showed Saturday, marking the country's...
EU says risk of Ebola infection in the bloc is ‘very low’
The risk of an Ebola outbreak in the European Union is "very low" and "there is no indication"...
WHO worried about ‘scale and speed’ of deadly Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization on Tuesday voiced concern about the "scale and speed" of an Ebola outbreak that...
WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 as authorities warned there...
New deadly Ebola outbreak hits DR Congo
A new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has been declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Paediatrician in Germany charged with 130 cases of child sex abuse
A paediatrician in Germany has been charged with 130 cases of rape and other forms of sexual abuse...
