Ebola survivor falls ill a second time – Congolese authorities
An Ebola survivor has fallen ill with the disease for a second time in eastern Congo, the Congolese health authorities said on Sunday, saying it was not yet clear if…
WHO says Nigeria recorded highest rate of global malaria cases in 2018
A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria accounted for more than half of all malaria cases worldwide with 25 percent, topping the list of 19 countries…
WHO says half the world’s population still at risk of contracting malaria
Malaria still infects millions of people every year and kills more than 400,000 – mostly children in Africa – because the fight against the mosquito-borne disease has stalled, the World…
Four killed, several injured in attacks against Ebola response centers in Congo
Militia fighters in eastern Congo killed four people and injured several others in attacks on two Ebola response centers, in what responders described as a serious setback to efforts to…
Ebola: WHO evacuates nearly 50 staff from Congo due insecurity
The World Health Organization (WHO) has evacuated 49 non-essential staff among 120 working on the Ebola epidemic from the town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to…
WHO sounds alarm on Ebola, says unable to stamp out virus due to Congo insecurity
About 360 people are at potential risk of Ebola after contact with an infected person in eastern Congo yet many of them are out of reach due to clashes and…
Kenya vows to cut emissions as dirty stoves, fuels kill 21,500 annually
More than 21,500 Kenyans die each year from cooking with traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood, new government data showed on Tuesday, as authorities pledged to meet a global goal…
WHO says Ebola concentrated in Congo mining area, still an int’l emergency
Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the “complex and dangerous” outbreak still constitutes an international emergency, the World…
WHO hails ‘triumph’ as Merck’s Ebola vaccine gets European green light
The world’s first Ebola vaccine was recommended for approval by European drugs regulators on Friday in a move hailed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a “triumph for public…
Scientists find how deadly malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans
Scientists who resurrected a 50,000-year-old gene sequence have analyzed it to figure out how the world’s deadliest malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans – giving insight into the origins…