In a follow-up to a report last week, the cholera outbreak in Ghana has increased both in number of cases and in death toll, according to a Reuters report Friday. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) say the...

A suspected anthrax tainted dead cow is being blamed for the death of a 5-year-old child at Mategeta village in Narok South Sub-County Saturday, according to the Kenyan news source, Standard Media. It...

Nigeria has now recorded the first two (2) cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in secondary contacts of the index case, the Liberian-American. The two patients are spouses of primary contacts (health care...

The African nation of Liberia, now considered to be the epicenter of the West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, is the first country to reach and exceed 1,000 cases, according to a World Health...

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The magnitude of the Ebola outbreak, especially in Liberia and Sierra Leone, has been underestimated for a number of reasons.   Many families hide infected loved ones in their homes. As Ebola has...

An unidentified disease that has killed dozens in the Djera, Tshuapa district of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the past month is not Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), according to a World Health...

The West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak jumped by more than 200 cases in the past two days, making it the largest 2-day increase reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). Between 17...

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Dr. Jeffery Deal departs today from Charleston en route to the Republic of Liberia, responding to a request from the office of the president of Liberia for assistance in fighting the deadly Ebola virus. Deal...

The number of new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) continues to climb in West Africa, according to information from the World Health Organization (WHO). Between 14 and 16 August 2014, a total of 113...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported an increase of meningococcal meningitis cases during the first week of August, according to their Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin. Increasing...