Deadly mosquito bites
As Delhi and other parts of the country battle the surge in dengue cases, here is a look at how vector-borne diseases have been spreading their …
A model to predict diseases that transfer from animals to humans
The study tested the model with Lassa fever, a disease endemic to western Africa and is caused by the Lassa virus which passes on to people …
Over 7.7 million people vaccinated in DRC against yellow fever
In neighbouring Angola, an estimated 3 million people have been vaccinated since mid-August.
Ebola, pandemic influenza and SDG feature prominently at 71st World Health Assembly
The five-day assembly also agreed upon other resolutions concerning topics like digital health and assistive technology
‘Tomato flu’ misleading name for common childhood illness, not public health concern: Experts
This is not the first time the disease has been recorded in India
African swine fever: Kerala to buy all healthy pigs to help farmers after Wayanad outbreak
Some 360 pigs culled last weekend after detection of disease on two farms in Wayanad
Breaking free: How several initiatives are helping Africa get better healthcare
Four projects of differing nature in different countries
The worst of Nagaland’s African swine fever outbreak may be over, say officials
No fresh cases have been reported in two weeks in the state
Zika, dengue, yellow fever: what are flaviviruses?
The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes responsible for spreading Zika and yellow fever have been shown to be able to adapt in high-density urban areas
India’s kala-azar cases declined 98.7% since 2007: Health ministry
Around 99.8% endemic blocks in India have achieved elimination status, says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
African Swine Fever scare: 700 pigs culled in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh
The infection has spread like wildfire in the area, according to local veterinarian doctors
Lassa fever: Why there’s a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria
The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa’s most populous nation to be declared a …
Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some
The deaths in this outbreak are 10% of the total deaths recorded in West Africa in 2014, which took more than 11,000 lives
Does Bhubaneswar need to worry about dengue amid COVID-19?
Some 60 people in certain city localities have been diagnosed with dengue, say health officials
Lateral Thoughts: Don't blame it on the mosquito
Vector-borne diseases are complex and tackling just one aspect of the equation will not help
Swift surveillance helped Ghana end Marburg outbreak: WHO
Two people died of the disease since the beginning of the outbreak on July 17, 2022
African Swine Fever reaches the Far North; 50 pigs to be culled in Swedish county after infections in wild boar
Sweden is the 24th country in Europe to report outbreaks of ASF within its borders
‘Africa’s health institutions must be strengthened at country-level’
During an outbreak, the same health worker is repurposed for emergency tasks, impacting routine healthcare services
We wanted to know how coronavirus affects Nairobi’s slum residents. What we found
The pandemic is clearly having a negative impact on people’s health and economic and social status
Penicillin can prevent latent rheumatic heart disease from progressing in children: Study
Further research needed to assess real-world implementation, population-based screening and initiation of prophylaxis
Marburg in Guinea: The value of lessons from managing other haemorrhagic outbreaks
Viral haemorrhagic fever has again raised its head in Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic. To date, 14 outbreaks of Marburg virus disease have …
Twin studies pave way for Ebola, Zika and dengue treatment
Researchers use protein-to-protein interaction between viruses and human cells to narrow down on potential treatment targets
African swine fever runs riot across Asia; Is India next?
A whopping 3.7 million pigs have been culled across East and Southeast Asia since the disease struck China in August last year
Now, Ebola case surfaces in Uganda
Five-year-old child who travelled from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, down with disease
African swine fever: Highly contagious virus hit 49 countries since 2021
Only way to contain the virus is to cull the infected, in-contact pigs and bury them in lime-treated deep trenches