Ambulances parked at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026. — Reuters Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak a public health emergency: WHO Outbreak spread undetected for weeks in conflict-hit Congo. No vaccine available for Bundibugyo strain, may take months…
Workers stand guard at the gate of the Kibuli Muslim Hospital where a Congolese man died of Ebola Bundibugyo virus in Kibuli suburb of Kampala, Uganda May 16, 2026. — Reuters KINSHASA: The World Health Organisation chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
A health worker puts on his personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering the red zone of a MSF (Doctors Without Borders) supported Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC), on November 6, 2018, in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. — AFP Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine. MSF prepares large-scale response. Uganda confirms cross-border death. KINSHASA: An Ebola…
Some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion is revealed in this undated handout colourised transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained by Reuters on August 1, 2014. — Reuters Ebola, which has killed more than 80 people in a fresh outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and one person in Uganda, has…
Some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion is revealed in this undated handout colorised transmission electron micrograph (TEM). — Reuters/File An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has caused at least 80 deaths has a “very high lethality rate” and no vaccine or specific treatment, the country’s health…
This collage shows PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurating Trauma and Emergency Response Insitute and Peoples Air Ambulance in Quetta on May 15, 2026. — Screengrab via X/@MediaCellPPP Digital healthcare system introduced across Balochistan. Basic health units in Quetta become fully operational. Trauma centre established in Quetta with modern facilities. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman…
Young boys pictured while working at a metal workshop in Pakistan. — Unicef A new study by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has found that four in ten children aged 12 to 36 months living in high-risk areas across seven cities in Pakistan have…
An archive image of the cruise ship Hondius, in Vlissingen, Netherlands May 17, 2025. — Reuters Three people have died and three are ill after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a rodent-borne virus that can cause fatal respiratory illness, authorities and media reports said. Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions said…
A micrographic study of liver tissue seen from a Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) patient seen in this undated photo obtained by Reuters, July 6, 2017.— Reuters/File A suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship, on which three people have died, presents a low risk to the public, the WHO Europe said on Monday, as…
A representational image showing doctors performing a surgical procedure. — Reuters/File LAHORE: Neurosurgeons at the Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS) have accomplished a remarkable medical feat, successfully extracting an iron rod that had penetrated the eye and brain of a young labourer from Pasrur. The patient, Ali Hassan, was working at a steel mill when…
