Disease

Twenty-one children are among 33 people who have died in Cuba of the mosquito-borne chikungunya and dengue viruses since July, authorities said on Monday. Most of the deaths were attributed to chikungunya — characterized by fever...

India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne “brain-eating” amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala. Numbers are still tiny but Altaf Ali, a...

Canada’s measles case count has passed 4,500, with the western province of Alberta — which has about five million people — recording more cases this year than the United States, figures updated Thursday showed. World Health...

More than 1,180 cholera cases – including an estimated 300 cases in children – and at least 20 deaths have been reported in Tawila, North Darfur State, since the first case was detected on 21 June...

Bangladesh today joined countries across the globe in observing World Hepatitis Day, an annual event dedicated to raising awareness about hepatitis, its prevention, and treatment. The day, officially recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as...

Bangladesh has reported 13 new COVID-19 cases from 101 samples tested in the last 24 hours, as of Wednesday morning. This brings the country’s total confirmed caseload to 2,051,760, according to the Directorate General of Health...

Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing significant threats to the safety and wellbeing of millions of children in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF said today. The...

France has detected its first case of a new mpox virus, the health ministry said Monday, weeks after the World Health Organization maintained its highest alert level amid the epidemic. A case of the clade 1b...

Louisiana health authorities on Monday reported the first human death in the United States linked to bird flu, while noting the patient had underlying medical conditions and that general risks to the public remained “low.” The...

Nigeria has launched an emergency response centre after recording 190 deaths from Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic illness, the country’s disease control agency said on Monday. The disease, mainly transmitted to humans via contact with food...