Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn't happen. Why? Africa's low COVID-19 death rates defied doomsayers Experts cite experience in handling diseases like ...

Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said Thursday, ahead of a meeting with regional health ...

The man’s case didn’t give rise to any widespread variant, but it gave Gupta, with his HIV evolution background, the idea ...

In her new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues, Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood ...

Advancements in AI-driven flood forecasting are enabling faster, more efficient detection and response. For example, Google ...

For more than a decade, I have worked as a physician and public-health expert responding to infectious diseases around the ...

U.S.-funded organizations helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

Ebola in Uganda is the latest in a trend of outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the east African region. Tanzania ...

Dr. Herbert Luswata, president of the Uganda Medical Association, said that the Ebola response had been badly hampered by the ...