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Focus

Japan's 'leprosy island': The dark history of Nagashima

Asia / Pacific

WHO launches first trial of antiviral to prevent Bundibugyo strain of Ebola

Africa

Death toll from DR Congo Ebola outbreak passes 500 as healthcare workers threaten strike

Africa

Three-year-old boy pulled living from the rubble as Venezuela quake toll nears 2,000

Americas

DR Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is 'evolving fast', WHO warns

Africa

Radio station in DR Congo seeks to stop misinformation amid spread of Ebola

Africa

WHO chief says deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo can be stopped

Africa

Uganda confirms three new Ebola cases as Africa CDC warns 10 countries 'at risk'

Africa

US tightens Ebola precautions as outbreak declared international emergency

Americas

What we know about the deadly new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Africa

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrives in Rotterdam for disinfection

Europe

No vaccine for new highly lethal Ebola outbreak, DR Congo warns, as death toll hits 80

Africa

Hantavirus poses 'very little risk' to wider public, health expert says

Europe

International evacuation underway as cruise ship passengers return home

Europe

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives at Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands

Europe

Contact tracing begins after Hantavirus-hit cruise passengers disembarks in St. Helena

Europe

WHO warns of 'limited' outbreak of hantavirus as countries move to contain spread

Europe

Hantavirus on the rise in Argentina, where MV Hondius cruise ship set sail

Americas

Multitude of questions remain over hantavirus outbreak as MV Hondius sets sail for Tenerife

As it happened
Health

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship to arrive in Canary Islands in 'three to four days'

Europe
Eye on Africa

Antimicrobial resistance threatens the lives of millions on the African continent

Africa

Paris Agriculture Fair opens without cows for first time due to lumpy skin disease fears

France

French government warns farmers against Christmas blockades over cattle cull

Europe

French PM urged to intervene as farmers keep up road blocks over cow 'mass slaughter'

France

French farmers’ union calls for ‘blockades’ as cows slaughtered over skin disease

France
Press Review

World first: Three-year-old boy with rare condition defies odds after gene therapy

Europe

Tunisians rally for closure of chemical factory blamed for spike in poisonings

Africa
France in focus

Inside a French emergency psychiatric unit: Social stigma, a lack of beds and drug shortages

France

Donald Trump’s warning on Tylenol and autism sparks medical debate in the US

Americas

RFK Jr accuses US health agency of Covid 'misinformation' after chief's ouster

Americas

US health agency’s Susan Monarez fired

Americas

RFK Jr. to cancel $500 million in funding for vaccine development

Americas

Gates Foundation commits $2.5 billion to 'ignored, underfunded' women's health

Americas

Climate change is changing the geography of infectious disease

Analysis
Environment

Dengue and chikungunya may soon be endemic in Europe due to global warming, research shows

Health

🌟The Bright Side: Uganda declares end to 6th Ebola outbreak

Africa

600 people killed and 263 million cases in 2023 of Malaria

EYE ON AFRICA

Reunion Island hospital boss calls for reinforcements amid virus outbreak

Europe

World Health Organization countries reach deal on pandemics

Second Texas child dies of measles amid surging infection rates

Americas

🌟The Bright Side: Groundbreaking research on multiple sclerosis wins 'Oscars of science'

Science

Reunion Island launches emergency health plan amid chikungunya epidemic

Focus

World Tuberculosis Day: India's endless war against TB

Asia / Pacific

Child in Texas dies in measles outbreak, in first US fatality in a decade

Americas

Health experts downplay risk of severe illness from HMPV virus circulating in China

Asia / Pacific
Focus

India: Forty years on, Bhopal disaster still plagues local residents

Asia / Pacific
Science

Bird flu in the US: What is the risk of human-to-human transmission?

Pakistan choked by thick smog, limits outdoor activities

Asia / Pacific

Easing the burden of sickle cell disease in Africa: more campaigners push for improved care

Africa
Science

How Egypt eradicated malaria after century-long effort

Africa
Eye on Africa

Rwanda reports eight deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus

Africa

The battle against polio in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan

Polio vaccination campaign begins in Gaza

Middle East

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo, WHO says

Africa
Press Review

AI-enhanced blood tests could detect Parkinson's disease seven years before onset

Down to Earth

As climate warms, Europe braces for rise in mosquito-borne infections

Environment
Perspective

World Press Awards winner Lee-Ann Olwage on her love for storytelling through photography

Local cholera cases reported in French Indian Ocean island Mayotte

France
Science

World Malaria Day 2024: What you need to know about the disease

US officials say bird flu detected in Texan exposed to dairy cattle

Americas
Science

Tuberculosis remains world's second-deadliest infectious disease

Paris caters for Olympic romance by distributing 220,000 free condoms to athletes

Europe

Sounding the alarm: France sees explosion in syphilis cases

RISKY BEHAVIOUR
Europe
Science

Dengue fever outbreak in Brazil: Rio declares health emergency ahead of Carnival

Science

Gaza Strip 'absolutely unliveable', says Oxfam spokesperson

Middle East
Science

Cystic fibrosis: 'Miracle' drug Kaftrio is transforming lives of patients

France in focus

Invisible disabilities in France: A silent struggle

France

WHO says no new pathogens found as China sees spike in respiratory illnesses

Asia / Pacific
Focus

Indian state of Kerala hailed as leader in fight against epidemics

Asia / Pacific

Libyan UNESCO World Heritage sites threatened by floods

Protests erupt in Libya’s flood-hit Derna as UN flags threat of disease outbreak

Protests erupt in Libya’s flood-hit Derna as UN flags threat of disease outbreak

Africa