What you need to know: The Director General of Health Services, Dr Charles Olaro, said Uganda has not registered any case or outbreak of Nipah virus The government has dismissed reports circulating on ...

When it comes to public health, Gov. JB Pritzker is again not following the lead of the Trump administration. It's a move some local doctors support.

In a world still feeling the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, news of a potential new viral threat can quickly raise ...

UVA infectious disease expert Dr. William Petri explains how the virus spreads and why health officials are on high alert.

The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. Nipah virus, which was named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of ...

A health worker administers an Ebola vaccine shot in the Bulape Health Zone in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Sept 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] The World Health Organization ...

[FILES PHOTO]Health workers are seen inside the 'red zone' of an Ebola treatment centre, which was attacked in the early hours of the morning on March 9, 2019 in Butembo. A new outbreak of the Ebola ...

KINSHASA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now over, Congolese health officials and the U.N.’s World Health Organization said on Monday, after the country ...

At least nine people in Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said. File Photo by Tamas Soki/EPA At least nine people in ...

aMinistry of Health, Hygiene and Social Security, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo bWorld Health Organization Country Office, Kinshasa 01204, Democratic Republic of the Congo On Sept 4, 2025 ...