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In a first, 'universal vaccine' designed by AI
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:10:00 +05:00

A person poses with a dose of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine in this illustration picture taken in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US October 2, 2025. — Reuters

PARIS: A vaccine targeting a broad range of viruses that was designed using artificial intelligence had a...

Unsafe food kills 1.5m people a year worldwide: WHO
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:16:00 +05:00

A boy holds a hamburger made with a doughnut bun at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California September 4, 2013. — Reuters

GENEVA: Food contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals kills 1.5 million people worldwide each year, with young children worst...

Ebola had 'big head-start' but response catching up: WHO
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:31:39 +05:00

Medical team from the Alliance for International Medical Action, an international NGO, set up a treatment centre for the Ebola response, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic...

WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:22:32 +05:00

Health workers get dressed in personal protective equipment at the Evangelical Medical Center in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. — Reuters

The World Health Organisation said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic...

Federal cabinet approves 'track and trace system' to combat counterfeit medicines
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:43:00 +05:00

Representational image of different medicine pills seen in their original packaging in Brussels, Belgium August 9, 2019. — ReutersConsumers can verify expiry dates, price information.Drug makers must add 2D barcodes on medicine packs.Serialisation data to be mandatory on all...

Dutch health officials clear hantavirus ship to sail again
Sat, 30 May 2026 23:28:43 +05:00

The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, leaves the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 11, 2026.— Reuters/File

A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday cleared to put to sea again...

WHO chief rallies community in Congo's Ebola response, calls for more funding
Sat, 30 May 2026 18:44:14 +05:00

The World Health Organisation Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks to journalists upon his arrival in Bunia, in Ituri province, on May 30, 2026. — X/ @OMSRDCONGO

The World Health Organisation chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of...

African Union's health agency vows Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine by end of 2026
Fri, 29 May 2026 00:04:00 +05:00

A nurse wearing protective medical clothing draws a dose from a vaccine vial during the launch of an Ebola trial vaccination campaign at Mulago Referral Hospital during a previous Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, on February 3, 2025. — AFP

A vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain...

Social media as bad for children as smoking, say British doctors
Tue, 26 May 2026 15:42:00 +05:00

Students from Ricards Lodge and Rutlish High Schools in Wimbledon look at their mobile phones during an interview and discussion with Reuters about their thoughts on a social media ban for under 16s, in London, Britain, February 23, 2026. — Reuters

Social media ranks...

Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response
Mon, 25 May 2026 19:14:15 +05:00

Medical Director of Mungwalu General Hospital Richard Lokudu speaks to Reuters next to the burned remains of a destroyed Médecins Sans Frontières emergency isolation tent. — Reuters

Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo,...

Pakistan tightens airport screening after Ebola outbreak in Africa
Sat, 23 May 2026 18:09:00 +05:00

Airport Security Force personnel stand guard at the Islamabad International Airport on April 18, 2018. — ReutersNo Ebola case reported in Pakistan, neighbouring countries: ministry.Kamal says measures aimed at protecting public from epidemics.Says situation being monitored in...

Doctors suspended after HIV-positive patient operated on at Multan hospital
Sat, 23 May 2026 17:21:00 +05:00

Nishtar Hospital in Multan. — Facebook@Nishtar Hospital, Multan/FileSuspended individuals directed not to leave station sans permission.HIV tests conducted on doctors and paramedical staff after incident.Punjab health minister says negligence in treatment intolerable.

Uruguay records first death by euthanasia
Sat, 23 May 2026 09:58:00 +05:00

A representational image shows a hospital bed in the palliative care unit of the Clinic Saint-Elisabeth in Marseille, France, May 31, 2024. — Reuters

MONTEVIDEO: A cancer patient in Uruguay became the first person to die by euthanasia in the small South American country on Friday, a...

Dr Naseem Salahuddin, senior infectious diseases specialist, dies in Morocco road accident
Sat, 23 May 2026 04:48:42 +05:00

Dr Naseem Salahuddin, during an interview. — Screengrab from Youtube/@IndusHospitalHealthNetwork

Leading infectious diseases specialist and professor emeritus at Indus Hospital, Dr Naseem Salahuddin, has died in a tragic road accident in Morocco, her family said, in a sudden loss...

Ebola risk upgraded to 'very high' in DR Congo: WHO chief
Fri, 22 May 2026 18:09:26 +05:00

A health worker takes the temperature of a woman passing through the Kanyaruchinya checkpoint, as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the northern entry into the city of Goma, North Kivu province, the Democratic...

EU says risk of Ebola infection in the bloc is 'very low'
Wed, 20 May 2026 20:09:00 +05:00

Ambulances parked at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026. — ReutersBundibugyo Ebola outbreak a public health emergency: WHOOutbreak spread...

WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of deadly Ebola outbreak
Tue, 19 May 2026 17:44:00 +05:00

Workers stand guard at the gate of the Kibuli Muslim Hospital where a Congolese man died of Ebola Bundibugyo virus in Kibuli suburb of Kampala, Uganda May 16, 2026. — Reuters

KINSHASA: The World Health Organisation chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the "scale and...

WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo
Sun, 17 May 2026 10:19:00 +05:00

A health worker puts on his personal protective equipment before entering the red zone of a MSF supported Ebola Treatment Centre , on November 6, 2018, in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. — AFP Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine.MSF prepares large-scale response.Uganda...

Portrait of a killer: The deadly virus that refuses to die — Ebola's 50-year reign of death
Sun, 17 May 2026 05:18:26 +05:00

Some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion is revealed in this undated handout colourised transmission electron micrograph obtained by Reuters on August 1, 2014. — Reuters

Ebola, which has killed more than 80 people in a fresh outbreak in the...

No vaccine for latest Ebola outbreak, warns DRC as toll hits 80
Sat, 16 May 2026 21:41:38 +05:00

Health workers carry the body of an Ebola virus victim in Kenema, Sierra Leone June 25, 2014.— Reuters

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused at least 80 deaths has a "very high lethality rate" and no vaccine or specific treatment, the...

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