On Thursday, Tanzania’s government refuted reports of a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg disease in the northwest region of the country. This denial follows a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, which indicated that nine possible cases had been reported last week in the remote Kagera region, with eight individuals reportedly […]

His administration dissolved the departments responsible for designing policies for HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy, and hepatitis. On Tuesday, Argentine scientific societies, patient organizations, and unions organize a “Hug for Public Health” demonstration in front of the Health Ministry in Buenos Aires. RELATED: Venezuela Rejected Argentina’s Complaint to the International Criminal Court This symbolic act aims to […]

 However, this development is not without challenges; issues related to accuracy, interpretability of results, data privacy, and ethical considerations in the use of AI in medicine must be addressed. Related: Xinhua’s Top 10 International News Stories in 2024 China has opened its first testing and verification center for large-scale AI models in medicine, located in […]

On Thursday, authorities in Sierra Leone initiated a nationwide rollout of a single-dose Ebola vaccine, marking the first such campaign in West Africa since the devastating outbreak a decade ago that claimed thousands of lives. The 2014 Ebola outbreak, the deadliest in history, primarily affected West Africa, with Sierra Leone suffering the most significant losses—nearly […]

The news comes shortly after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a case of avian influenza in a child in Alameda, California. Related: California Child Diagnosed with H5N1: Health Authorities Investigate California health authorities have confirmed the detection of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in a sample of raw milk from Raw […]

Kassala State is experiencing high rates of both cholera and dengue fever, attributed to waves of displacement from the eastern Gezira region in central Sudan. On Monday November 11, Sudan’s Health Ministry said that the number of cholera infection cases in Sudan has climbed to 30,880, while dengue fever cases reached 6,011. Related:Sudan: More than […]

Kassala State is experiencing high rates of both cholera and dengue fever, attributed to waves of displacement from the eastern Gezira region in central Sudan. On Tuesday, Sudan’s Health Ministry said that the number of cholera infection cases in Sudan has climbed to 30,880, while dengue fever cases reached 6,011. Related: “The cholera epidemiological situation […]

It also aims at prioritizing disease prevention and improving the quality of health services. On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum presented an ambitious National Health Plan, which aims at covering the entire Mexican population, prioritizing disease prevention, improving the quality of services, and ensuring medical care for people without social security. RELATED: Mexico Strengthens Solidarity […]

UNICEF announced this Friday that it has activated its emergency response to cholera together with the Ministry of Health and other partners to help protect children and families by containing the disease, Following the confirmation of a case of cholera in the governorate of Akkar, in northern Lebanon. Related:Let Us Not Allow Culturicide Against the […]

The Minister of Health, Silvia Lutucuta, has highlighted the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Control 2021-2025 as a key element in the results achieved. On Wednesday, official sources stated that Angola shows a reduction in the malaria mortality rate from 35 deaths per 100,000 population in 2022 to 20 deaths per 100,000 […]