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Measles, which was 'eliminated' in the U.S. in 2000, could be endemic again within 25 years if current vaccination rates hold ...
adding her co-workers are "scrambling" to map out where gaps may arise. In South Sudan, USAID-funded clinics have closed amid ...
Nairobi: Kenya's government urged vigilance on Wednesday as it tackles a cholera outbreak that has killed at least five people, a health ministry official said. Cholera is an acute intestinal ...
Angola received 2,000 life-saving oral cholera vaccines for frontline healthcare workers from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in March 2025. Dr. Ngashi Ngongo ...
A cholera outbreak was declared last October. More than 22,000 cases had been recorded as of last month, causing hundreds of deaths, the World Health Organization has said. REUTERS Join ST's ...
Addis Abeba — The Amhara Regional Public Health Institute is calling for the imposition of a temporary restriction by the government in response to the spread of a cholera outbreak in the region.
At least six people have died in a cholera outbreak, the Health Ministry has said. The six are part of 97 cases reported in various health facilities so far translating to a 6.2 percent fatality rate.
Measles outbreak: A second unvaccinated child has died from measles in the United States’ Texas, as the country confronts its worst outbreak of the disease in more than 30 years. The child ...
Cases and outbreaks are generally traced to someone who caught the disease abroad. It can then spread, especially in communities with low vaccination rates. Local vaccination rates should be above ...
The Texas Health Department has confirmed the second death linked to the ongoing measles outbreak in the U.S., prompting the new Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to highlight the ...
WASHINGTON - A second child with measles has died in Texas, state officials said on April 6, in an outbreak of the childhood disease that has resulted in nearly 500 cases in Texas and has spread ...