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Health
With no licensed vaccines available to protect against the Ebola virus currently spreading in the Congo, efforts are underway to fast-track development of at least three vaccines.
June 2, 2026
· 1 min read
Global health
Up to 150,000 die annually from snakebites worldwide
June 1, 2026
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Health
A court in Kenya on Friday suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare type of Ebola virus spreading in northeastern Congo.
May 29, 2026
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Health
The U.S. is taking extraordinary steps to keep Ebola out. But its policies may create risks for Americans infected overseas and discourage volunteers from responding to the outbreak.
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
First Opinion
“Infectious disease threats during the World Cup will almost certainly look much more familiar than frightening headlines suggest,” writes Krutika Kuppalli.
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
Global development
Medics battling the incurable disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo working in ‘agonising’ conditionsWhen Dr Vladimir Maduali died of Ebola in the early hours of Sunday morning, he was…
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
Health
An experimental GSK drug helped 1 in 5 patients with chronic hepatitis B achieve what's known as a functional cure, vastly outpacing current treatments.
May 28, 2026
· 1 min read
Antibiotics
Experts say climate change linked to 10% rise in salmonella antibiotic resistance genes between 1940 and 2023The climate crisis is accelerating a global increase in antibiotic resistance that poses a…
May 27, 2026
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Global Europe
Experts said Europe must step up after sweeping international aid cuts
May 26, 2026
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First Opinion
“Women and girls in eastern Congo will be harmed in predictable, named ways over the next 12 months,” write researchers Lindsay Stark and Ilana Seff.
May 26, 2026
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First Opinion
A State Department plan scheduled to be implemented June 1 would strip the U.S. of decades of disease defense, write eight former CDC directors.
May 26, 2026
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Ebola
World Health Organization says outbreak poses ‘very high’ risk for Congo, but risk of disease spreading globally remains lowCongolese authorities say that suspected Ebola cases have now passed 900 in…
May 24, 2026
· 1 min read