Uganda's borders have always been busy and vulnerable. Over the past decade, Ebola, COVID-19, leptospirosis, Marburg, measles and cholera have all emerged, stretching an already burdened health ...

More than a dozen nations struggle to contain outbreak as health systems flounder with loss of international support ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Measles vaccines are 97% effective at preventing measles after two doses and 93% after one dose, according to the CDC. The disease was previously eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, meaning there was ...

At an addiction conference in Nashville, Tenn., in late April, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., spoke about his own experience with drug use. “Addiction is a ...

So far, the outbreak has sickened 79 people in New Jersey, Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada, Arizona, Washington state and California, the CDC said. At least 21 people have been hospitalized, and no ...

While newborns can’t yet get the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, the CDC said infants 6 to 11 months old should get one dose of this vaccine before international travel.

The CDC advises people to throw away recalled eggs or return them to the store where they were purchased. Consumers should also wash and disinfect any surfaces that came in contact with the eggs.

The Ministry of Health established the National Ebola Survivors Programme in 2022 with support from Baylor-Uganda and funding from Usaid to provide medical care, mental health support, and ...

Gavi works to expand access to vaccines for children in some of the world’s poorest countries. Health experts say the move could have deadly consequences.

The growing measles outbreak in the U.S. has reached 1,227 confirmed cases in 37 jurisdictions, surpassing the total number of cases in 2024. The CDC issued an updated travel advisory as experts ...