In addition to the Ebola outbreak confirmed on Thursday, Uganda is also battling an outbreak of Mpox, with 2,462 cases and 16 deaths recorded since July 2024.

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has been advancing across the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, which has been the scene of numerous infectious disease outbreaks.

UNITED NATIONS - While calm is being restored in Goma, the key eastern city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the risk of disease outbreaks, including cholera and Mpox, increases on the ...

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...

Africa is facing an unprecedented convergence of crises that threaten to undo decades of progress in health security. The number of health emergencies in Africa surged from 153 outbreaks in 2022-2023 ...

Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its northwest, ...

An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Experts share concerns about the highly ...

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health ...

A potential Ebola outbreak has been reported in the DRC, at a time when the Trump administration has paused communication ...

With dangerously cold temperatures in the forecast beginning Sunday night into Monday, emergency warming shelters are opening in Decatur. The National Weather Service in Huntsville is advising ...

A new study helps us better understand one of the possible driving forces behind the erosion of democratic norms and institutions: economic inequality. Published in PNAS, this large cross-national ...

The CDC does not believe it has been missing bird flu infections in people, Shah said. No surveillance system detects 100% of cases, he added later. "The system is working as it should," said Shah, ...