The World Health Organization is investigating "another cluster of illness" in northern Congo, as a deadly mystery disease spreads in the region.

Tanzania declares the end of the Marburg virus outbreak, but Africa continues to battle rising health crises, including ...

The pill protected 80 per cent of the cynomolgus macaques and 100 per cent of the rhesus macaques, which are biologically ...

Also, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) is meeting this week to discuss polio vaccines and other ...

Mpox, caused by a virus from the same family as smallpox, can be transmitted between humans through close physical contact.

Heading south for the winter? Oropouche virus, a new infectious disease, has been reported in travelers from Canada and the ...

Cuts to US foreign aid jeopardise the health of South African children with HIV, as crucial support services are forced to ...

A pioneering study at UKZN has demonstrated that 20% of HIV patients in the trial remained off antiretroviral therapy while ...

Experts have reported promising results from a South African HIV cure trial led by Professor Thumbi Ndung’u of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The trial shows that 20% of participants remain off ART ...

Health workers comb affected districts for remnant cases NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE |  Uganda’s Ministry of Health ...

The virus adapts to survive in the host ... Alex Sigal, a virologist at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South ...