The guest editorial by Eugene Robinson in the February 20-26 edition of The St. Louis American, “America’s new foreign policy: Who cares?,” notes that President Trump’s cuts in foreign aid (a program ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed a declaration by Tanzania on the end of the deadly Marburg virus outbreak, ...

Health Minister Jenista Mhagama declared Marburg after six weeks since the last case in ...

Tanzania today declared the end of Marburg virus disease outbreak after recording no new cases over 42 days since the death of the last confirmed case on 28 January 2025.The outbreak, in which two ...

This is the latest viral epidemic to hit the East African region in the past year, following outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox diseases among others. The World Health Organisation (WHO ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who had hoped for a ...

The crash apparently happened due to mechanical failure, which resulted in a hard landing that flipped the plane over next to the runway. Delta Air Lines aircraft crashed while landing at Toronto ...

Millions of visitors come to Jamaica for a sunfilled sunny vacation in one of their luxurious 5-star all-inclusive resorts. Still, only a few will skip a prepaid lunch or dinner to leave the ...

BUKOBA: IN efforts to control the spread of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), radio presenters from 14 stations based in the Lake Zone Regions namely Mwanza, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Kagera, Simiyu and Mara have ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) and other conditions affecting the immune system can activate the John Cunningham (JC) virus, causing a potentially life threatening infection. The JC virus is common ...