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…
Category: Communicable Diseases
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…
Monkeypox symptoms are proving ‘atypical’ and virus could be mistaken for an STD, experts warn
By Jack Ramage As monkeypox cases rise across the globe, experts warn even more infections could be flying under the…
WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency
GHealth News – The World Health Organization convened its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiralling outbreak of monkeypox warrants…
UK to offer vaccines to some gay, bisexual men for monkeypox
GHealth News – British health officials will start offering vaccines to some men who have sex with men and are…
CDC Raises Monkeypox Travel Alert To Level 2
GHealth News – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) raised its monkeypox alert to a Level 2, or “practice…
Monkeypox outbreak reaches 257 confirmed cases worldwide, WHO says
GHealth News – The World Health Organization has received reports of 257 confirmed monkeypox cases and about 120 suspected cases…