A nurse wearing protective medical clothing draws a dose from a vaccine vial during the launch of an Ebola trial vaccination campaign at Mulago Referral Hospital during a previous Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, on February 3, 2025. — AFP A vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus will be ready by the…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks to journalists upon his arrival in Bunia, in Ituri province, on May 30, 2026. — X/ @OMSRDCONGO The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief on Saturday called on communities in the centre of the Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak to play a central role in fighting the…
The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, leaves the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 11, 2026.— Reuters/File A cruise ship which sparked a global health alert over a deadly outbreak of hantavirus was on Saturday cleared to put to sea again after cleaning and disinfection. “From a public…
Representational image of different medicine pills seen in their original packaging in Brussels, Belgium August 9, 2019. — Reuters Consumers can verify expiry dates, price information. Drug makers must add 2D barcodes on medicine packs. Serialisation data to be mandatory on all medicines. ISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal said that the federal cabinet…
Health workers get dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. — Reuters The World Health Organisation (WHO) said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak and 116 suspected cases, marking a large…
Medical team from the Alliance for International Medical Action, an international NGO, set up a treatment centre for the Ebola response, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 29, 2026. — Reuters The Ebola outbreak…
A boy holds a hamburger made with a doughnut bun at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California September 4, 2013. — Reuters GENEVA: Food contaminated with harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals kills 1.5 million people worldwide each year, with young children worst hit, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday. After analysing…
A person poses with a dose of Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine in this illustration picture taken in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US October 2, 2025. — Reuters PARIS: A vaccine targeting a broad range of viruses that was designed using artificial intelligence had a “modest” effect on immune systems in a small, early trial, according to a…
Close-up of herbal ingredients and glass jars used in traditional Chinese medicine therapy. — Pexels BEIJING: A milestone in China-Pakistan scientific collaboration was achieved on Thursday (June 4) with the official unveiling of the Zhejiang-Pakistan Joint Laboratory on R&D of Herbal Medicine at the 2026 International Symposium on Traditional Chinese Medicine–Unani Medicine Cooperation and SCO…
Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tours the Evangelical Medical Centre (CEM), in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. — Reuters GENEVA: Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO overview showed Saturday, amid mounting concern over the swelling scale…
