Disease

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...

On Thursday, the World Health Organisation called on nations to increase bird flu surveillance following the discovery of the first case in a U.S. youngster. Maria Van Kerkhove, director of WHO’s epidemic and pandemic preparation and...

Australia has seen a rapid rise in mpox cases in the past three months, with one health expert concerned that low vaccination rates could be driving a spike outside cities. So far this year, 737 cases...

The Gavi vaccination alliance claims that the world is now in a far better placed to combat the mpox epidemic that is currently raging in Africa thanks to the lessons gained from the Covid pandemic. Gavi...

School-age children between 5 and 19 years old now account for 33 per cent of mpox cases in Burundi, presenting a new challenge as families prepare for the upcoming school year. “The rising number of mpox...

India reported Sunday that it had put a  “suspected mpox case” into isolation, assuring that the world’s most populous  nation had “robust measures” in place, the health ministry said in a  statement. There have been no...

An animal study that was published in the journal Cell on Wednesday shows that an experimental Moderna mRNA vaccine for mpox has proven to be more effective than existing vaccinations in lowering the symptoms and duration...

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has expressed its optimism about controlling mosquito-borne disease Dengue by conducting regular and special programmes. “We are hopeful to check Dengue under the DSCC areas in a successful manner by...

Pope Francis urged on governments and the pharmaceutical industry to do more to send vaccines to the worst-hit countries on Sunday, highlighting mpox victims in his weekly prayers. “I pray for all the infected people, in...

Following the confirmation of the first cases in the nation last month, Burundi’s health minister announced on Thursday that 171 instances of mpox had been confirmed. Previously referred to as monkeypox, mpox is an infectious disease...