Two residents were suspected of contracting ebola after coming in contact with a person had recently travelled to Uganda, ...

Here’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Facts Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of ...

In 2023, he received the prestigious Sabin Vaccine Institute Gold Medal for developing other innovative vaccines for Ebola Zaire, smallpox, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile virus, among others.

Analysis - The Ugandan government and the World Health Organization recently confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease.

The Ministry of Health has heightened disease surveillance and border screening as Kenya monitors the Mpox outbreak and ...

Health officials from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) today said Uganda’s Ebola outbreak ...

Kenya has stepped up its Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) preparedness following confirmed cases in Uganda's capital, Kampala, raising concerns over potential cross-border transmission.The Director General ...

Community involvement is crucial because when people trust the system, they are more likely to report cases and participate ...

Kenya's health authorities said that robust measures are underway to mitigate the risks of viral diseases such as Marburg, mpox, and Ebola across the country. Cabinet Secretary for Health Deborah ...

On mpox, Amoth said since Kenya declared an outbreak on July 31, 2024, the country has confirmed 38 cases across 12 counties, including one fatality. Half of the confirmed cases involve individuals ...