Experts argue the hantavirus outbreak was quickly contained but revealed growing challenges in pandemic preparedness and ...

WHO member states kicked off another attempt at finalising the missing piece of the pandemic treaty on Monday, with the Ebola ...

The question of when, not if, the world will face another global health crisis remains a top priority for scientists. In an ...

The rapid spread of a rare Ebola strain through Central and East Africa is testing local public health authorities and ...

The hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship "Hondius" is causing concern worldwide. People from several countries disembarked a few days ago. Experts call for vigilance.

Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Investment in global health research, prevention and preparedness has not kept pace with an increasing frequency and intensity of ...

The WHO has declared a global health emergency over a rare Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda. A doctor explains what could happen next.

What is urgently needed is a shift from pathogen-specific diagnostics toward pathogen-agnostic diagnostic systems,” write ...

A new virus catalogue reveals the terrifying pathogens most likely to spark the next global health emergency.

Nepal has culled 600,000 birds as H5N1 sweeps Kathmandu, closing the capital's only zoo and raising fears it could mutate to ...

As Uganda battles an Ebola outbreak linked to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), TikTok videos claim President Yoweri Museveni announced nationwide school closures at the end of May.

Employers must bar infected, suspected or contact cases from the workplace during outbreaks, with the absence fully paid and ...