March 13th marks five years since an emergency declaration was issued in 2020 for the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak. But it's far from the only deadly virus to impact the Port City over the years.

Brazil faces a potentially historic dengue outbreak due to government negligence, the reintroduction of serotype 3, and ...

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

1 Yellow fever outbreaks are most commonly reported in Africa, where more than 100,000 severe cases of yellow fever, with a case fatality of 20 to 60%, are estimated to occur annually. 2,3 ...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of ...

The Zika virus builds tiny tunnels, called tunneling nanotubes, to stealthily transport material needed to infect nearby ...

A mysterious illness has claimed the lives of five students at Kebbi State University of Science and Technology. The Ministry ...

So why the urgency? Even without local outbreaks, Costa Rica’s role as a Central American hub keeps it vigilant. With yellow fever edging closer to cities in nearby countries, the Ministry’s playing ...

Small doses of the yellow-fever vaccine shield adults from the ... which means that supply is limited in places with recurrent outbreaks. That leaves many people at risk of falling ill with ...

Authorities in Xaysomboun province are escalating action to prevent the spread of African swine fever following an outbreak of the deadly virus, which is threatening livestock farms.