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– The World Health Organization reports a decline in Ebola transmission in some of the most severely affected regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This progress is especially evident in parts of Ituri province, which remains the primary

– The World Health Organization states that Congo’s Ebola outbreak can still be contained within three months if response efforts are adequately resourced. According to the latest official report, there have been 5,021 confirmed cases and 2,378 deaths recorded through

– In 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo documented 26,064,143 malaria cases. During the same year, the country also reported 29,938 deaths associated with the disease. Guy Esebe Dembo, deputy director of the National Malaria Control Programme, disclosed these

– The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the deadliest in the country’s history. Government data indicated 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths as of Aug. 16. Over the past 24 hours, health officials reported

– According to official data through Aug. 7, the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has resulted in 1,916 fatalities and 4,209 confirmed infections. This marks an increase of 29 deaths from the previous report of 1,887. Additionally, health authorities have

– In 2022, obesity was associated with 9,509 fatalities in Belgium, accounting for 8.2 percent of the country’s total mortality, according to recent data published by the Belgian public health institute Sciensano. This marks the first instance where public health

– As part of its ongoing investigation into the 2026 cyclosporiasis outbreak, Michigan has verified two fatalities, marking the first deaths linked to the incident by the state. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported a total of

– In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health authorities have confirmed that the total number of infections in the country’s latest outbreak has reached 3,075, marking the moment when Congo Ebola cases cross 3,000 following an extraordinary spike in

Water-borne diseases have killed at least nine more people in flood-hit areas of Pakistan, officials reported on Tuesday, following Angelina Jolie’s surprise visit to meet people affected by the crisis. In recent weeks, Pakistan received three times as much rain

As a new wave of infections spreads across Europe and the US, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments and health care institutions to take immediate steps to stop the spread of COVID-19. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of