Browsing: public health emergency

– 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 reports released on Friday by global health authorities, the public health emergency in Central Africa is escalating at an unprecedented pace. The World Health Organization affirmed that, without swift efforts to contain community transmission that remains

– Moderna has begun testing a new vaccine candidate in Phase 1 for Bundibugyo ebolavirus in Canada. The initial participant received the mRNA-1469 vaccine on August 3 at a site in Truro, Nova Scotia. This trial launches at a time

Confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo have risen to 689, with 139 deaths, as health authorities confront a fast-moving outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus. The World Health Organization has warned that transmission remains active across eastern provinces. It assesses the

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 507 confirmed Ebola cases and 88 confirmed deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The total in the latest daily Ebola update exceeds an earlier figure of 471 confirmed cases.

Africa’s top public health body and the World Health Organization launched a $518 million Ebola response plan on June 5, as health authorities worked to contain a Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is showing measurable progress, while warning that the outbreak remains difficult to contain in areas affected by insecurity, population movement and strained health systems. WHO reported

Uganda has confirmed six new cases of Ebola, raising the country’s total in the current outbreak to 15, the Ministry of Health said, as authorities continue tracing infections linked to previously confirmed patients. The new cases were identified among known

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kinshasa to support the response to an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, saying the disease “can be stopped” while warning that the operation remains complex in eastern

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kinshasa to support the response to an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, saying the disease “can be stopped” while warning that the operation remains complex in eastern