A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...
Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle ...
At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola. This marks the country's first known outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new health advisory about the latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thirty-seven confirmed cases ...
GENEVA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday said 48 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 31 people have died. "It has been two weeks ...
Sept. 18 (UPI) --Thirty-one of the 48 confirmed and probable cases of Ebola have died since the outbreak began in central Democratic Republic of Congo early this month, the World Health Organization ...
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It's caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. This outbreak began with a 34-year-old ...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday. An outbreak of the ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Congo faces its first Ebola outbreak in 18 years in remote Kasai province, with cases rising to 68 suspected ...
LAGOS, Nigeria — Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday. An outbreak of the ...
Driving medicines from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the south-central province of Kasai takes almost three days. That is bad news for people there who have recently ...