Big update on 'mystery disease' that caused 60 deaths issued by global health chiefs - experts have a new theory
More than 1,000 people have been struck down with the illness, leaving 53 dead, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...
Unidentified virus claims 53 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo
At least 53 people have died from an unidentified virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the WHO confirming alarming ...
CDC says it is monitoring unknown disease in Congo
The CDC is closely monitoring an "unknown disease” that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the agency ...
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Africa will soon pay price for cruel USAID cuts
The guest editorial by Eugene Robinson in the February 20-26 edition of The St. Louis American, “America’s new foreign policy: Who cares?,” notes that President Trump’s cuts in foreign aid (a program ...
Child, 4, dies from ‘eye-bleeding disease’ marking setback in efforts to contain new outbreak
OLD child has died of Ebola in Uganda, marking the second fatality in the ongoing outbreak declared on January 30. The child passed away on Tuesday after testing positive for the viral ...
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An update on the ‘mystery illness’ in DRC
On Saturday, renowned geneticist and former longtime NIH director Francis Collins announced that he has retired, leaving an ...