Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are ...

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has donated essential medical equipment worth $30,000 (78m/-) to help combat the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region. In a statement, WHO’s ...

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster ...

WHO, the World Health Organization, has confirmed the existence of a new outbreak of the Marburg virus, a disease that has set off alarm bells on the global health scene.

Last week, we did learn of the first known spillover of D1.1 into dairy cattle, which occurred in Nevada, and then more recently, the virus genotype has been detected ... have made them more ...

the PS reiterated the government's commitment to ensure Kenyans are safe from the emerging diseases in the neighbouring countries. The PS said that Ebola has been reported in Uganda while Marburg has ...

What we didn’t expect was the fear and uncertainty of a Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania several hundred ... the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Africa CDC acted swiftly, working ...

With concerns emerging over the resurgence of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) and Sudan Ebola Virus Disease in Tanzania and Uganda, the PS urged Kenyans to remain vigilant and adhere to public health ...

She said the government has activated the Marburg Contingency Plan ... closely with agencies to strengthen technical support and disease surveillance.

The virus was diagnosed in the Kagera region of northwest Tanzania in late January, and has so far caused the deaths of eight people. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Marburg is a ...

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA, through its Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries and the Netherlands Embassy in Dar es Salaam, has launched a collaborative poultry disease diagnosis project aimed at enhancing ...

Marburg virus disease, a severe hemorrhagic fever that has a high mortality rate, broke out in Tanzania in January 2025. In a Facebook reel, a man falsely claims the virus is a snake venom protein ...