Ebola outbreak has been declared in Africa this week, with up to nine people already dead. Uganda reported an outbreak in the capital, Kampala, with the first case being a man who died on ...

A POTENTIAL new outbreak of Ebola has sickened at least 12 people and killed eight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It ...

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The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.

Public health emergencies demand decisive leadership, proactive capacities, and swift, coordinated responses to mitigate their impacts on lives, livelihoods, and economies, particularly in Africa, ...

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The Marburg virus, a deadly relative of Ebola, has resurfaced in Tanzania, infecting nine and killing eight. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has issued a travel warning. No vaccine or specific ...

The disease is a close cousin of Ebola, causing similar symptoms and spreading in the same way. It can cause death in up to ...

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease, a ...

The World Health Organisation warned that the risk of the outbreak spreading to neighbouring countries is high.

DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World ... said Tanzania had "strengthened disease surveillance systems" in ...

“After samples were analysed, all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg virus,” Mhagama said in a statement, adding that the country had reinforced its disease surveillance and ...