The African Union's (AU) public health agency released an advisory Thursday noting that 5,842 cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) had been recorded in 21 countries, with 38 deaths. The Centers ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has announced plans to mobilize immediate support, to help Tanzania combat ...

Outbreaks in commercial poultry have recently been reported in a tri-state area that makes up the Delmarva peninsula, and regional officials are collaborating on a unified response ...

The United States withdrawing from the World Health Organization would have a significant impact on public health programmes in Africa, the continent's public health agency said Thursday.Hours after ...

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Using current estimates of US long-COVID burden (assuming the probability of long COVID is 6% and symptoms last 1 year), cases cost an average of $2.01 billion annually. The economic burden of long ...

In the region's other developments, Sierra Leone reported more cases, with the first two linked to the clade 2 global strain.

The United States withdrawing from the World Health Organization would have a significant impact on public health programmes in Africa, the continent's public health agency said Thursday.

The two positive cases are among 31 samples tested, and officials are considering use of antivirals and experimental vaccine.

DAKAR - The U.S. plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization will squeeze Africa's health initiatives, the Africa ...

An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight ...