Health

Zimbabwe reports first two mpox cases of unspecified variant

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said on Sunday, without specifying…

Cuba faces uphill battle as Oropouche virus spreads

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban health authorities launched small-scale fumigation efforts in Havana on Friday to fight the spread of the…

Thailand says mpox case recorded in traveller from Africa

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is…

Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, health agency says

By Anait Miridzhanian DAKAR (Reuters) -The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other African countries could start vaccinating against mpox…

One case of clade 2 mpox detected in Pakistan, new strain not detected

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - One case of the mpox virus has been detected in Pakistan of the clade 2 variety, the…

‘Hong Kong’s Dr Fauci’ sounds alarm on next pandemic

By Xinqi SU HONG KONG, July 19, 2024 (AFP) - Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung has done battle with some…

‘Constant blood’: Ukraine’s frontline medics battle exhaustion

By Maryke VERMAAK Ukraine, June 15, 2024 (AFP) - When Vitaliy signed up to join the Ukrainian army as a…

UK’s Princess of Wales makes first public appearance since cancer diagnosis

By Sylvain PEUCHMAURD, Joe JACKSON LONDON, June 15, 2024 (AFP) - Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Saturday tentatively returned to…

British TV presenter Michael Mosley found dead on Greek island

ATHENS, June 9, 2024 (AFP) - British diet guru and TV personality Michael Mosley was found dead on Sunday on…

WHO confirms first fatal human case of H5N2 bird flu

GENEVA, June 5, 2024 (AFP) - A person died of bird flu in Mexico in the first confirmed case of…

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