DAR ES SALAAM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities on Thursday declared the end of the country's second Marburg virus disease (MVD ... This marked Tanzania's second recorded MVD ...

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

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

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 ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

In March 2023, Tanzania experienced its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare and deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola. That outbreak also occurred in the Kagera region, which borders ...

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 ...

A new study has found the virus responsible for the common cold sore may have a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. And scientists believe antiviral treatments may help people to ...