THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has assured Nigerians of heightened surveillance and preparedness following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in ...

The virus has already infected ten people since the nation officially announced the outbreak last week. Of these infections ...

NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...

Following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Uganda, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and ...

The NCDC in the public health advisory noted that though WHO advises against any restrictions to travel and /or trade to ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), in collaboration with relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) through the National Emerging Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases (EVHD ...

Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola following the death of a nurse from the virus in the capital Kampala.

Fruit-eating bats play an important role in maintaining forest health by being seed dispersers. For decades, researchers have explored ways to harness this capacity as a reforestation tool.

Yet until recently, scientists didn’t fully understand why bats are so good at harboring pathogens that don’t seem to harm ...

Bats harbor many viruses that can spill over into humans, including Marburg, Ebola, and famously SARS-CoV-2. But while these viruses often cause severe illness in humans, they do not appear to hamper ...