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Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak

Ebola infections are frequent in Uganda which has many tropical forests that are natural reservoirs for the virus.
Published on Apr 26, 2025 01:03 PM IST

WHO says won't 'give up' as US aid funding cuts take toll

WHO says won't 'give up' as US aid funding cuts take toll
Published on Mar 04, 2025 05:59 PM IST

USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave

USAID official warns of unnecessary deaths from Trump's foreign aid block, then says he's been put on leave
Published on Mar 03, 2025 07:45 AM IST

Elon Musk admits DOGE ‘accidentally’ cut Ebola prevention funding, gets slammed

Elon Musk speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025.
Published on Feb 27, 2025 01:35 AM IST

‘Shame for WHO’: Victim of sex misconduct slams UN response

Anifa, a young Congolese woman who worked at an Ebola treatment center in Beni during the outbreak, said she could not understand WHO's seeming excusal of misconduct.
Published on Feb 09, 2023 10:33 PM IST

Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak after 42 days with no active cases

Uganda Ebola outbreak: Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak.
Updated on Jan 11, 2023 03:49 PM IST

Two Ebola vaccines show immune response lasting for at least a year, says study

Two Ebola vaccines show immune response lasting for at least a year, says study
Published on Dec 15, 2022 11:10 AM IST

Ebola outbreak in Uganda: Is everything under control?

Health care workers take precautions at a hospital in Uganda's Mubende district, where the current outbreak of Ebola was first detected
Published on Oct 27, 2022 06:32 PM IST

Uganda Ebola outbreak 'rapidly evolving' after 1 month, says WHO

A Ugandan health worker prepares to administer the ebola vaccine to a man in Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese district, 
Published on Oct 20, 2022 07:05 PM IST

US sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda for Ebola outbreak

There are currently no proven vaccines or treatments for the Sudan species of Ebola, one of four known Ebola viruses to cause hemorrhagic fever in humans. 
Published on Oct 19, 2022 07:01 AM IST

Uganda Ebola outbreak in 5 points - 23 deaths linked so far: 'No cure but...'

Uganda Ebola outbreak
Published on Sep 27, 2022 07:15 AM IST

Ghana reports highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus: Symptoms, treatment

Previous Marburg outbreaks and individual cases have appeared in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
Published on Jul 18, 2022 05:19 PM IST

Second Ebola outbreak officially over in Guinea, announces WHO

A staff member of the N'zerekore hospital lifts his shirt sleeve as he prepares to get his anti-ebola vaccination in N'zerekore.
Published on Jun 19, 2021 05:34 PM IST

West Africa guards against Ebola as cases rise in Guinea

FILE - In this Saturday, July 13, 2019, file photo, a health worker wearing protective suit enters an isolation pod to treat a patient at a treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC. The World Health Organization and other partners said Tuesday Jan. 12, 2021, they are creating a global emergency stockpile of about 500,000 vaccines of Ebola vaccine to help stamp out any future outbreaks of the disease.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Published on Feb 17, 2021 04:46 PM IST

Guinea suffers first Ebola deaths since 2016

The four deaths from Ebola hemorrhagic fever occurred in the southeast region of Nzerekore, he said.
Published on Feb 14, 2021 03:31 AM IST

WHO warns new Ebola outbreak in Congo faces funding gap

A mother of a child, suspected of dying from Ebola, cries near her child's coffin in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo.
Published on Jul 21, 2020 11:24 PM IST

Covid-19: Focus on reproductive health

In India, far more women are working in the field of childcare, in schools at the nursery level, and as health care providers in homes than men. In fact, with schools closing, their burden at home increases hugely
Updated on Jun 14, 2020 06:05 AM IST

Can probiotics help us fight the coronavirus disease?

As most of our immunity resides in the intestines, it may be worthwhile to ensure a balanced intestinal flora. It could well be our best bet to fight Covid-19
Updated on Apr 25, 2020 11:18 AM IST

New Ebola case in Congo days before outbreak’s expected end

The new case was confirmed in Beni, a community which had been an epicenter of the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.
Updated on Apr 10, 2020 09:52 PM IST

Ebola deaths in east DR Congo outbreak top 2,000

A child being vaccinated against Ebola in Beni, Congo.
Updated on Aug 30, 2019 01:17 PM IST

1,800 dead as malaria ‘epidemic’ rages in Burundi: UN

The tiny country of 11 million people in the African Great Lakes region has still not declared a national emergency, despite OCHA saying the outbreak crossed “epidemic proportions” in May.
Published on Aug 06, 2019 02:33 PM IST

Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency

A Congolese health worker administers ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019.
Updated on Jul 18, 2019 12:21 AM IST

Congo voters barred over Ebola vote anyway, by the thousands

Civilians queue to participate in a mock poll after their exclusion from the presidential election in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo on December 30.
Updated on Dec 31, 2018 07:00 AM IST

Congo’s Ebola outbreak over, health ministry says

A health official dressed in protective gear examines children suffering from the Ebola virus.
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 07:11 PM IST

Why India is finding it difficult to handle Nipah

Doctors and relatives carry the body of a Nipah virus victim in Kozhikode, Kerala, on May 24.
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 08:05 AM IST

First experimental vaccines for Ebola given in Congo as WHO seeks to beat outbreak

Nurses working with the World Health Organization (WHO) prepare to administer vaccines at the town all of Mbandaka on May 21, 2018 during the launch of the Ebola vaccination campaign.
Updated on May 21, 2018 11:49 PM IST

Congo’s Ebola risk ‘very high’ as confirmed virus cases rise

Congolese health ministry officials carry the first batch of experimental Ebola vaccines in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on May 16.
Published on May 18, 2018 03:00 PM IST