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Uganda strengthens border health amid ongoing threats Health | AGENCIES | Uganda’s borders have always been busy and ...
Officials at the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have reported an increase in high-risk events, ...
A Ugandan scientist's trail camera footage has revealed new insights into how the deadly Marburg virus may spread through bat ...
Despite Africa bearing the brunt of infections and deaths, wealthy nations continue stockpiling Jynneos vaccine ...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named eight new members to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) -- some of whom were seen as contrarians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The vaccines are intended to be developed for use against Marburg virus and Sudan ebolavirus, two hemorrhagic fevers in the ...
Less than 24 hours after Kennedy announced that HHS had removed all of CDC's vaccine advisors, American Medical Association (AMA) delegates passed an emergency resolution urging Kennedy to reverse ...
Scientists have known that major outbreaks often originate in wildlife – swine flu, avian flu and even SARS-CoV-2 all started with animals. Often missing is direct observation of spillover interfaces ...
By the end of 2025, it could be double last year’s tally, said Africa CDC’s mpox manager Ngashi Ngongo ... The US supported Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis more than a decade ago and was helping ...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has sought nomination for a seventh term. That would move him closer to nearly five decades in power.
A 25-year-old local scientist captured rare footage showing how one of the world’s deadliest viruses could jump from bats to ...
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted on the flu vaccine, raising concerns about a rarely used preservative. Medical groups worry this will "sow distrust" in vaccines.