Disease
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Cholera epidemic now infected more than 300,000 people in Yemen
Jul 10, 2017News Hour: A 10-week cholera epidemic has now infected more than 300,000 people in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday, a health disaster on top of war, economic collapse and... -
Haiti could stem its seven-year-long cholera epidemic by the end of 2018
Jul 4, 2017News Hour: Haiti could stem its seven-year-long cholera epidemic by the end of 2018 as the number of reported cases has dropped sharply, government and United Nations officials said. The health ministry said Haiti has had... -
Outbreak of H5N1 bird flu detected in the southern part of Togo
Jul 4, 2017News Hour: Togo reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a poultry farm in the southern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a... -
WHO declares an end to the Ebola outbreak in Congo
Jul 4, 2017News Hour: The World Health Organization (WHO) on July 2nd, declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The announcement comes 42 days (two... -
Case of H5N8 bird flu confirmed in the northern part of France
Jul 1, 2017News Hour: The French agriculture ministry said on Friday that a case of the highly contagious H5N8 strain of bird flu had been confirmed on a farm in northern France and that it has put in... -
Cholera outbreak in Yemen may have reached the halfway mark at 218,798 cases
Jun 28, 2017News Hour: A major cholera outbreak in Yemen may have reached the halfway mark at 218,798 cases as a massive emergency response has begun to curb its spread two months into the epidemic, the World Health... -
Bird flu case confirmed in Belgium
Jun 28, 2017News Hour: Belgian health authorities said they confirmed a case of bird flu in southern Belgium concerning the highly contagious H5N8 virus and established a 3-kilometer perimeter around the area where the transport of birds and... -
5.6 million children at risk of waterborne diseases as rainy season hits communities affected by Lake Chad crisis
Jun 23, 2017News Hour: More than 5.6 million children are at increased risk of contracting waterborne diseases, such as cholera and diarrheal infections, as the rainy season begins in conflict-affected areas of countries around Lake Chad, UNICEF warned... -
15 new cases of polio confirmed in Syria, including a child from Raqqa
Jun 20, 2017News Hour: Fifteen new cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria, including a child who may have caught the disease in Raqqa, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Aid workers are unable to vaccinate... -
Cool, high-lying areas of Ethiopia hitherto shielded from malaria mosquitoes are increasingly exposed to the disease as the climate warms
Jun 16, 2017News Hour: Cool, high-lying areas of Ethiopia hitherto shielded from heat-loving malaria mosquitoes are increasingly exposed to the disease as the climate warms, researchers said on Thursday. Most Ethiopians live in the country’s highlands, and have...
