WHO: Time to deliver zero malaria
“Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement” GHealth News – World Malaria Day 2023 will be marked under the…
Category: Communicable Diseases
CDC warns of Marburg virus outbreak in Africa
GHealth News – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending personnel to Africa to help stop outbreaks…
What is the deadly Marburg virus? Symptoms, causes and vaccines
By Harriet Barber Marburg virus disease is an often fatal illness which causes hemorrhagic fever in humans. It is closely…
Is It Flu, Covid or RSV? A Chart to Tell Symptoms Apart.
By Knvul Sheikh Three different viruses are sending children and adults to hospital emergency rooms across the United States this winter.…
U.S. FDA authorizes Roche’s monkeypox test
GHealth News – The U.S. health regulator on Tuesday issued an emergency use authorization to Roche’s (ROG.S) test for the detection of…
Everything You Should Know About RSV
By: Jessica Rendall Parents of younger children may be feeling uneasy, as reports of young RSV patients filling hospitals have marked October…
CDC Issues Warning to Health Systems About Surge in Respiratory Viruses
GHealth News – The CDC issued its highest-level warning to public health officials regarding the surge of respiratory viruses, particularly…
What is Ebola and why is Uganda’s outbreak so serious?
By Anne Soy An outbreak of Ebola in Uganda is proving more difficult to deal with than more recent epidemics,…
Scientists race to test vaccines for Uganda’s Ebola outbreak
A multipronged international effort has begun to pull out all the stops to launch trials of experimental Ebola vaccines in…
New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists
GHealth News – A malaria vaccine with “world-changing” potential has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford. The…