Health

A new Ebola case has been confirmed in rebel-controlled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, raising fresh concerns that the deadly outbreak is spreading far beyond its original epicentre. Authorities...

The World Health Organization has warned that the number of deaths linked to the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to rise sharply after the...

An American doctor who contracted Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been flown to Germany for specialist treatment, as global health authorities warn that the fast-growing...

Global health experts have warned that deadly infectious diseases such as Ebola and hantavirus are becoming more frequent, harder to contain and increasingly damaging to public health systems, as the...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has heightened surveillance and emergency preparedness measures nationwide following the resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo and...

Panic and uncertainty are spreading across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after authorities confirmed that deaths linked to a new Ebola outbreak have risen to at least 80, with the...

The World Health Organization has called on governments around the world to tighten regulations on nicotine pouches, warning that the fast-growing products are being heavily marketed in ways that could...

The head of the World Health Organization has warned countries to prepare for additional hantavirus infections in the coming weeks following the deadly outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV...

Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands will send aircraft to evacuate their citizens from the cruise ship linked to a suspected hantavirus outbreak, as international concern grows over the...

Health authorities across several countries have launched urgent contact-tracing operations following a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, as governments move to prevent any wider international spread...