North Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling the outbreak of an intestinal disease, state media reported on Sunday.
At least 800 families suffering from what North Korea has only called...
The biggest ever avian flu outbreak that the world has ever seen has spread from birds to mammals for the first time. With 200 cases recorded in mammals, including grizzly bears, mink, dolphins and seals, fears are...
Mosquitos carrying West Nile virus were found near the southern city of Yeruham and surrounding Ramat Negev Regional Council, the first time the disease has been detected in Israel this year, government authorities said Wednesday.
The...
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over. In fact, it shows signs of lingering for, well, a long time.
But even as politicians and health authorities struggle with how, if at all, to keep addressing the current pandemic, scientists are already anticipating the next one. They’re scouring...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning travelers to Equatorial Guinea to take "enhanced precautions" and avoid non-essential travel to some areas of the African nation due to an outbreak of the...
Organic and free-range chickens have been thrown into lockdown. Egg-laying hens that normally have access to the outdoors can no longer roam as freely or feel the sun on their beaks as some U.S. and...
Parents have been urged to remain vigilant as the death toll from group A strep this winter has now reached 15 children, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has revealed. Of these, 13 deaths occurred in England, while the...
Two women in the US have been struck down with a new strain of a common fungal infection - with an expert warning that the world "is not yet prepared" for the "epidemic" that is...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will begin screening travelers coming from Uganda for Ebola as an additional precaution aimed at trying to prevent an outbreak in the African country from spreading, the Biden administration said Thursday.
There have been...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO Director-General Tedros...