ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The number of mpox cases reported in Africa has surpassed 19,500 so far this year, as conflict and "massive displacement" in the eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

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Public health employees and contractors who lost their jobs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered at the ...

Nairobi is considering evacuating nationals who can reach the consulate in Goma or ...

For primate sanctuaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the year 2025 has begun with panic, worry and uncertainty as ...

As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...

As the conflict in DRC displaces millions, older people are stranded without food, shelter, or medical care. Many face forced ...

As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and retreats from funding global public health efforts, mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is at greater ...

International researchers warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more rapidly. The mpox virus has mutated, and the ...

Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and stop funding for global ...

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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 ...