Despite progress since COVID-19, the U.S. remains vulnerable to pandemics like H5N1, and withdrawing from the WHO would ...

With the rise in frequency of disease outbreaks in East Africa, regional health bodies are looking to Uganda’s success in ...

THE City of Bulawayo has recorded a drop in diarrhoea cases to 317 cases in March as compared to 396 cases in the previous month. This is revealed in the latest council minutes on public health ...

The disarray in global health caused by foreign aid cuts by the USA and other high-income countries in the first months of 2025 have been disheartening, but indicators of greater-than-expected ...

Nearly two thirds (65%) of those with Alzheimer’s disease were women, with an average age if 73. The study found that people who had suffered the herpes virus had an 80% increased risk of ...

West Nile Virus is the "leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States", the CDC says. However, experts said that the “geographic range” has expanded in recent years ...

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On May 20, 2025, ICAP will present the Grand Rounds — Insights from Successful Marburg Virus Outbreak Response. Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever that is ...

Symptomatic infection with the virus responsible for cold sores around the mouth–herpes simplex 1, or HSV-1 for short—may have a key role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, suggests a ...

Could a common virus be a hidden risk factor for Alzheimer’s? A US study suggests that symptomatic infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the virus that causes cold sores, may increase ...

“The challenge now, and also our excitement, is trying to build up a really multi-family, multi-class surrogate virus neutralisation test, so that we’re ready for any disease X,” said Prof Wang, ...