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India Defers Africa Summit as Ebola Crisis Deepens

New Delhi-India and the African Union have postponed next week’s India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi following a worsening Ebola

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US Issues Highest Travel Warning for Central African Nations Amid Ebola Outbreak

Washington-The United States on Tuesday urged Americans not to travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Uganda

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WHO Sounds Global Alarm Over Deadly Congo-Uganda Ebola Surge

Geneva-The World Health Organization on Sunday declared the Ebola outbreak spreading across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

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Global Experts Rename PCOS in Bid to Improve Diagnosis and Fertility Care

Prague-A global coalition of medical experts and patient groups has renamed Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, the world’s leading cause of female

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WHO Chief Flies to Spain as Authorities Prepare Hantavirus Cruise Ship Evacuation

Geneva — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Spain on Saturday to coordinate with Spanish authorities ahead of the evacuation of

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WHO Warns Global Hepatitis Elimination Effort Falling Behind

Geneva– The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that progress toward eliminating viral hepatitis remains too slow and uneven, warning

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UN says global child vaccine catch-up campaign nears 21 million target despite setbacks

Geneva— The United Nations said on Friday a global campaign to immunize children who missed routine vaccinations during the COVID-19

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Viet Nam builds pandemic preparedness capacity with WHO support, expands regional health leadership role

“These enhanced systems enabled the rapid deployment of laboratory responses to SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic.” Viet Nam has strengthened its

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Self-Experimentation to Science: Repeated Snakebites Inform Development of Broad Antivenom

“I understood it was dangerous, but people are dying from snakebites”. For nearly two decades, Tim Friede, a 58-year-old resident

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U.S. overhaul of global HIV and malaria supply chain raises fears of treatment disruptions

“There could be immediate risks to service continuity if the transition is rushed or incomplete,” The United States is restructuring

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