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Uganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak | Ebola News
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Uganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak | Ebola News

The East African country announced its outbreak on January 30 after the death of a male nurse who tested positive for the virus....

MSF warns of ‘rapidly spreading’ outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia | Health News
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MSF warns of ‘rapidly spreading’ outbreak as cholera kills 31 in Ethiopia | Health News

The global medical charity says the situation has worsened with the arrival of refugees from South Sudan, where thousands are infected. At least...

RFK Jr, noted vaccine sceptic, backs measles jab amid deadly US outbreak | Health News
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RFK Jr, noted vaccine sceptic, backs measles jab amid deadly US outbreak | Health News

US health secretary says he is ‘deeply concerned’ about outbreak in Texas. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the top health official in the United...

Four-year-old dies from Ebola amid new outbreak in Uganda | Health News
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Four-year-old dies from Ebola amid new outbreak in Uganda | Health News

The latest Ebola outbreak, the sixth in Uganda, was declared at the end of January. A four-year-old has been identified as the second...

One dead, eight sickened in Uganda’s new Ebola outbreak | Health News
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One dead, eight sickened in Uganda’s new Ebola outbreak | Health News

Uganda’s Health Ministry has confirmed nine Ebola cases in the country. The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine,...

Uganda battles new Ebola outbreak – and a vaccine hesitancy crisis | Health News
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Uganda battles new Ebola outbreak – and a vaccine hesitancy crisis | Health News

Kampala, Uganda – A month after an Ebola outbreak struck Uganda in September 2022, Edward Kayiwa began feeling unwell: headaches, fever and muscle...

Uganda confirms one person dead in Ebola outbreak | African Union News
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Uganda confirms one person dead in Ebola outbreak | African Union News

A nurse in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, dies after contracting the highly infectious haemorrhagic fever. Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus...

WHO says at least 8 dead in suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania | Health News
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WHO says at least 8 dead in suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania | Health News

The virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people. A suspected outbreak of...

Sierra Leone declares emergency over mpox outbreak | Health News
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Sierra Leone declares emergency over mpox outbreak | Health News

The West African country has confirmed two cases of mpox in recent days. Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after two...