The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday made recommendations to vaccine manufacturers for the virus strains to be used in influenza vaccines for the 2025-2026 flu season in the United States ...

Domitina Kahira, a resident of Biharamulo District in Tanzania's north-eastern Kagera Region, is treading a difficult path to recover ...

The source of the outbreak still isn’t known, and the risk of re-emergence from a new spillover from the animal reservoir ...

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 ...

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

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has donated essential medical equipment worth $30,000 (78m/-) to help combat the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region. In a statement, WHO’s ...

It has been five years since the world was blown into the tumult of a lethal pandemic. Back then, deserted streets and ...

U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster ...

Tanzania's president says she is "confident" the country will "overcome" the highly infectious Marburg. Worthing's Russ Cook, nicknamed "Hardest Geezer", ran the entire length of Africa in 352 days.

KIGALI, Rwanda — Carved into the side of a steep hill on the outskirts of Kigali is a tunnel where tin was once mined.It’s now cordoned off with a metal gate, a lock, and a red sign that reads ...

The PS said that Ebola has been reported in Uganda while Marburg has been reported in Tanzania and as such anyone coming from outside the country must undergo thorough screening. Muthoni has also ...