There are cuts to pandemic preparedness, even though we are barely emerging from the Covid pandemic, and it was less than 10 years ago that we experienced the largest epidemic of Ebola.

Africa's top public health institution is planning to tap more funds from domestic sources to protect the gains made over the past two decades in epidemic preparedness and response, following a steep ...

They are trained, equipped, and programmed to save lives during outbreaks. They are a human shield designed to stop the spread of infections on command.The passionate African Volunteers Health Corps ...

In 2014, as the Ebola outbreak swept through Sierra Leone, fear spread even faster than the virus itself. One dangerous rumor claimed that bathing in hot saltwater could prevent Ebola infection.

Africa's top public health institution is warning of the risks of losing the gains made over the past two decades in epidemic preparedness and response. At the heart of the concern is a steep decline ...

In a major stride toward bolstering Liberia's capacity for early disease detection and response, the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), in collaboration with the Africa Centres for ...

Join us for the weekly engagement with the media to provide updates on the mpox outbreak in multiple countries and the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda. The session will also highlight extreme weather ...

Africa's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that the continent faces "an unprecedented financing crisis" that could lead to between two to four million additional deaths ...

The CDC is essential to promoting and protecting health in the ... New and emerging infectious diseases, like measles, COVID-19 and Ebola, are sparking outbreaks that can spread quickly in ...

Using two decades of satellite data, researchers found that forest loss and fragmentation were among the strongest predictors ...

Ebola virus is an infectious agent and one of the viruses that can cause haemorraghic fever, a severe infectious disease characterized by high fever and bleeding, in humans and some monkeys. The ...

Structural basis for Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly and function regulated by VP24. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57236-4 Cite This Page : ...