Monkeypox: 80 cases confirmed in 12 countries
GHealth News – More than 80 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in at least 12 countries. The World Health…
Category: Communicable Diseases
Ebola virus hides out in brain
By: Kevin Zeng The Ebola virus can hide in the brains of monkeys that have recovered after medical treatment without…
Novel Malaria Treatment for Children Receives First Approval
By Apoorva Mandavilli Australian regulators have approved a simple drug combination as an effective cure for a form of malaria…
Cameroon launches year-long anti-malaria campaign
GHealth News – Cameroon launched a year-long anti-malaria campaign dubbed “Stop Malaria” on Thursday amidst rising numbers of infections. The…
Woman cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
GHealth News – A patient with leukaemia in the United States has become the first woman and the third person…
Guinea Ebola outbreak declared over by WHO
An Ebola outbreak in Guinea that started in February, infecting 16 people and killing 12, has been declared over, the World Health…
World Health Assembly adopts new resolution on malaria
The World Health Assembly, the main governing body of the World Health Organization, has adopted a new resolution that aims to revitalize…
Latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is declared over, with lessons for COVID-19
“This great achievement shows that together we can overcome any health challenge”, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director General, wrote in…