Plague Outbreaks in Madagascar: 124 Dead, Nearly 1,200 Infected

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported

KIGALI, Rwanda — The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government on Friday declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks. An outbreak is considered over after 42 days — two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus — elapsed without registering new cases and all existing cases test …

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3 weeks ago

Muere hombre en el Congo por misterioso brote que podría ser más que solo malaria

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Un hombre en el oeste de la República Democrática del Congo falleció el jueves con síntomas de fiebre hemorrágica, lo que llevó a las autoridades a sospechar que un virus aún no identificado podría asociarse con la malaria en un misterioso brote que ha provocado la muerte de decenas de personas, dijeron las autoridades sanitarias. Las autoridades …

Malaria Han Más La Zona Semana El Que Ngongo

3 weeks ago

Congo man dies with hemorrhagic fever, indicating mystery outbreak could be more than just malaria

The Independent

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Health Malaria Outbreak Congo Ngongo Panzi Hemorrhagic Fever

3 weeks ago

Congo man dies with hemorrhagic fever, indicating mystery outbreak could be more than just malaria

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — A man in western Congo died Thursday with hemorrhagic fever symptoms, leading officials to suspect that a still-unidentified virus may be involved alongside malaria in a mysterious outbreak that has killed dozens of people, health authorities said. Congo authorities said last week that they suspected malaria in the flu-like disease outbreak, which has killed at least 37 …

Health Malaria Outbreak Congo Ngongo Panzi Area Hemorrhagic Fever

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Mysterious disease in DRC is severe malaria, health authorities say

Al Jazeera

Health authorities said the disease presents in the form of a respiratory illness. Health authorities on Tuesday said the disease, circulating in the southwestern Kwango province, presents in the form of a respiratory illness. Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the country’s Panzi health zone in November, as fears surmounted about the mysterious …

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4 weeks ago

Hardest-hit Nigeria is latest African country to provide malaria vaccine to young children

Associated Press

BAYELSA, Nigeria — Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. According to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday, there were an estimated 263 million cases of malaria and 597,000 deaths worldwide last year, mostly in children under 5. “No one should die of malaria, yet the disease continues to disproportionately …

Health Nigeria Malaria Report Vaccine Young Children Malaria Vaccine

4 weeks ago

WHO World Malaria Report 2024: India’s fight against malaria: Cases drop by 93 percent, deaths by 68 percent in 2023

India Today

India has made a striking achievement in reducing malaria cases and deaths, contributing significantly to the overall decline in the World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region. The WHO World Malaria Report 2024 revealed that in 2023, the South-East Asia Region reported eight malaria-endemic countries accounting for four million cases, making up 1.5% of the global malaria burden. The region saw …

Deaths Cases Malaria Indonesia Countries Report Thailand

4 weeks ago

Africa CDC, WHO probe 'Disease X' in DR Congo

China Daily

By EDITH MUTETHYA in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-12 09:58 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the World Health Organization, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry and other partners, is investigating the unknown "Disease X" that has been reported in the central African country. Disease X refers to an …

Health Africa Disease Disease X Cdc Congo

4 weeks ago

Africa CDC, WHO probe 'Disease X' in DR Congo

China Daily

By EDITH MUTETHYA in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-12 09:58 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the World Health Organization, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Health Ministry and other partners, is investigating the unknown "Disease X" that has been reported in the central African country. Disease X refers to an …

Health Africa Disease Control Disease X Cdc Congo

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Authorities say the mystery disease in Congo might be malaria but more testing is needed

Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — The mystery flu-like illness that has killed dozens of people in southwest Congo in recent weeks might be malaria, according to results from laboratory samples of infected people, authorities said Wednesday. On Tuesday, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, also said most of the samples tested positive for malaria, but noted it is …

Health Malaria Samples Congo Kinshasa Panzi Mystery Disease

4 weeks, 1 day ago

WHO provides update on cause of ‘mystery disease’ in patients in Congo

The Independent

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Illness Cause Provides Update

4 weeks, 1 day ago

'Mystery disease' victims in Congo have malaria, could be sick with multiple diseases: WHO

Firstpost

Since late October, a ‘mystery disease’ has infected more than 400 and killed dozens in a rural southern province of Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo A Congolese nurse takes a sample from a suspected mpox patient in the treatment centre at the Kavumu hospital in Kabare territory, South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 29, 2024. REUTERS …

Disease Drc Congo

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Some patients in mysterious outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have malaria, early testing reveals

CNN

CNN — A mysterious illness outbreak that has sickened at least 416 people and killed 31 in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo may be at least partly caused by malaria, health officials said Tuesday. World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that of 12 initial samples collected from patients, 10 tested positive for malaria, …

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55 years ago

A Mysterious Respiratory Disease Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo on High Alert

Wired

Deaths in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an as-yet unidentified disease are continuing to rise. The results of testing should be available either later today or tomorrow, Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a press conference earlier today. “Initial diagnoses lead us to think it is a …

Disease Drc

Congo govt says it's 'on alert' over mystery flu-like disease that killed dozens

New Indian Express

KINSHASA: Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo's health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people. Jean Kaseya, the head of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters that more details about the disease should be known in the next 48 hours …

Disease Congo Kaseya

1 month ago

Mystery disease linked to more than 100 deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo

Salon

An unknown disease has been spreading in a rural part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa, killing a high number of people. At the time, sources told Salon spread of mpox across the world could have been avoided if the DRC had the resources to contain the spread of mpox in the first place, pointing to …

Congo Drc Told Salon

1 month ago

Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths

Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — A flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people over two weeks is being investigated in southwestern Congo, local authorities said. Symptoms include fever, headache, cough and anaemia, provincial health minister Apollinaire Yumba told reporters over the weekend. Congo is already plagued by the mpox epidemic, with more than 47,000 suspected cases and over 1,000 suspected deaths …

Health Congo

1 month, 1 week ago

Leptospirosis toll touches 200 in 2024, up tenfold over last decade

New Indian Express

KOCHI: Deaths from leptospirosis, or rat fever, have soared tenfold over the last decade. In 2024, the number of people infected with leptospirosis crossed 3,000, against over 19,500 reported dengue cases. However, the higher fatality rate make leptospirosis far more deadlier than dengue. Health experts say that cases of leptospirosis could even be missed during fever season or a dengue …

Cases Leptospirosis

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Odisha govt faces under-reporting charge as malaria, dengue surge in state

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: AMID a surge in malaria and dengue, allegations of under-reporting of cases of vector borne diseases have surfaced raising concerns about transparency in the state’s public health data. Odisha reported 41,739 malaria cases and nine deaths in 2020, 25,503 cases and 13 deaths in 2021, 23,770 cases and five deaths in 2022, 41,973 cases and four deaths in 2023, …

Deaths Cases Malaria Reported

1 month, 3 weeks ago

407 dead in climate change-boosted dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, healthcare system overwhelmed

Firstpost

Over 400 dengue deaths have been reported in Bangladesh in 2024 as climate change fuels rising temperatures and extended monsoon seasons, creating ideal conditions for mosquito-borne infections Currently, 90 countries are experiencing active dengue transmission in 2024, although not all cases have been formally reported. An overwhelmed healthcare system The crisis follows last year’s record-breaking toll, with 1,705 deaths and …

Climate Change Bangladesh Bashar Dengue Deaths 407 Dead

2 months ago

Spread of dengue fever in Bangladesh worries medics

Raw Story

Bangladesh is struggling to tamp down a surge in dengue cases as climate change turns the disease into a year-round crisis, leaving some pediatric wards packed with children squeezed two to a bed. "Normally, around this time, we would expect the flow of patients to ebb," said Fazlul Haque, walking through a ward crowded with dengue patients at Dhaka's Shaheed …

Bangladesh Cases Month Dengue Fever

2 months ago

Rwanda's Marburg virus outbreak is seeing an unusually low fatality rate

NPR

Rwanda's Marburg virus outbreak is seeing an unusually low fatality rate The Marburg virus is notable for its very high fatality rate. But in the current Marburg outbreak, in Rwanda, the fatality rate is far lower than normal. GABRIELLA EMANUEL, BYLINE: A little over a month ago, Rwandan officials announced the country's first Marburg outbreak. EMANUEL: In order to understand …

Fatality Outbreak Rwanda Marburg Virus Rate Npr

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Rwanda's Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa's health chief says

The Independent

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Health Travel Contact Outbreak Rwanda Marburg

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Sudan Grapples with a Health Crisis: Rising Cholera and Dengue Cases

China Daily

Cholera and dengue cases continue to rise in Sudan, with the number of cases reaching 21,806 and 1,329, respectively. The outbreak has affected 11 states, with Kassala State registering the highest number of cases. The health authorities have launched a campaign to combat the disease, but international and regional organizations and local authorities need to take immediate action to address …

Health Disease Khartoum

3 months ago

Fast-rising cholera cases across war-torn Sudan alarm the U.N.

LA Times

People line up in front of a bakery during a cease-fire in Khartoum, Sudan, in May 2023. Cholera cases in war-torn Sudan increased by nearly 40% in less than two weeks, according to the latest figures, alarming the U.N. health officials, who long warned about the outbreak and the lack of proper response since it was reported in July. Sudan’s …

Health Cases Sudan Million Brennan Khartoum Unicef

3 months ago

Marburg virus outbreak: What you need to know as Europe fears cases

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Electron microscopic image of an isolate of Marburg virus …

Health Disease Outbreak Rwanda Marburg Virus Marburg Virus

3 months, 1 week ago

Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak

The Hindu

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or …

Rwanda Marburg Virus

4 months ago

Health Talk | Cholera concerns spread as disease incidence doubles in Africa amid vaccine shortfall

Hindustan Times

On September 4, the World Health Organisation published new data on cholera for 2023, showing an increase in both cases and deaths, which underscores recent concerns raised by international health experts that the disease was increasingly becoming difficult to treat. The WHO data show, the number of reported deaths from cholera last year increased by 71% compared with 2022, and …

Disease Data Cholera

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bitten by the Bug

New Indian Express

Sanjana Salunkhe and her family moved from Mumbai’s crowded Andheri suburb to an upscale ground-floor apartment in Richmond Town, Bengaluru, shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic. With the mosquito problem persisting in the locality and no fumigation or intervention from local authorities, Salunkhe and her family have decided to move to another area of Bengaluru with fewer dengue cases. On August …

Dengue

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Concerns Grow Over Seasonal Diseases: Study

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: As the world observes the 126th World Mosquito Day on August 20, to the mark the discovery of the mosquito as the vector that transmits malaria among humans, the treatment of vector-borne diseases is yet to see a milestone. The state has recorded 2,399 dengue cases from January to July, as per government data; over 1,300 cases were reported …

Diseases

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, says Health Minister

The Hindu

Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement that at least 22 people have died from the disease, and that at least 354 confirmed cases of cholera have been detected across the county …

Health Military Sudan Recent Weeks Cholera Cholera Outbreak

4 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO reports 300 cholera deaths in Sudan, warns dengue and meningitis rising

Al Jazeera

More than 25 million people across the country face acute hunger as well as outbreaks of disease due to civil war. The humanitarian crisis caused by the civil war in Sudan has exacerbated infections, including cholera, which has killed more than 300 people, a World Health Organization official says. Due to the mass displacement, more than 25 million people across …

Sudan Sudanese Cholera

5 months, 1 week ago

What Do We Know About Oropouche Fever That Has Killed Two Women In Brazil? Is It Similar To Dengue?

News 18

Brazil’s health authorities are currently tackling the outbreak of an Oropouche Virus that is endemic in the areas of Amazonas and Acres in the country. The Oropouche fever caused by the OROV infection is emerging zoonotic disease transmitted primarily via the bites of midges or mosquitos. According to Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, symptoms of Oropouche fever are similar …

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5 months, 1 week ago

What is Oropouche fever? Symptoms to treatment, all about the mosquito-borne infection that killed 2 In Brazil

India TV News

Mosquito-borne illnesses, including dengue and West Nile virus, are increasingly affecting people worldwide. Recently, the Oropouche virus has made headlines after causing the deaths of two young women in Bahia, Brazil—the first recorded fatalities attributed to this virus, according to Brazil's health ministry. Oropouche fever is a tropical viral infection primarily transmitted by the bite of a midge, a small, …

Brazil Oropouche Fever Oropouche Fever Symptoms Fever Symptoms

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Health minister reviews dengue outbreak, calls for proactive measures

Live Mint

New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda chaired a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the dengue outbreak and public health preparedness. Nadda urged states with high dengue cases to take proactive measures to control the disease. Dengue cases India has reported over 19,447 dengue cases and 16 deaths so far in 2024, according to the National Centre for Vector …

Health India Dengue Minister Reviews

6 months, 2 weeks ago

What is Oropouche fever; know the symptoms of this mosquito-borne disease

Hindustan Times

Italy reported its first-ever case of Oropouche fever, a mosquito-borne disease, on June 15. The disease is also spreading to countries that have never detected cases of Oropouche fever before. Climate may play a role Oropouche fever is an understudied illness, as the authors of a May 2023 paper published in the journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty noted. Although most …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Africa’s cholera crisis worsens amid extreme weather events

Al Jazeera

Extreme weather events that have relentlessly hit parts of Africa in the last three years have caused crises of hunger and displacement. In Southern and East Africa, more than 6,000 people have died and nearly 350,000 cases have been reported since a series of cholera outbreaks began in late 2021. Health authorities, scientists and aid agencies say the unprecedented surge …

Africa Outbreaks East Cholera

8 months ago

Kerala health department on alert as 3 districts report West Nile Virus cases

Hindustan Times

Kerala’s health department on Tuesday directed all districts to step up pre-monsoon cleaning drives and surveillance activities after cases of West Nile Virus was recently reported in three districts. “Of the five cases reported so far in the district, four have recovered and one is currently under treatment in the government medical college hospital,” Kozhikode district collector Snehil Kumar Singh …

Health Kerala Districts West Virus Cases Reported Nile

8 months ago

Malaria: Beware of that bite

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: In India, malaria still poses a serious threat to public health despite considerable improvements in recent years. Because these mosquitoes breed in stagnant water bodies, malaria transmission is more common in locations with poor drainage especially during the monsoon season. Individuals who live close to bodies of stagnant water: In peri-urban and rural regions, mosquitoes that thrive in puddles, …

Malaria Mosquito Drainage Systems

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Need for a global crusade against malaria

Firstpost

In 2022, there were an estimated 249 million malaria cases globally, which led to the death of 608,000 individuals In Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novel, Heart of Darkness, the oppressive atmosphere of the Congo, teeming with disease, is a potent metaphor for the darkness within humanity. According to the WHO South-East Asia Region’s 2022 report, this region accounted for 5.2 million …

India Cases Malaria Resistance Cent Irs Conrad

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Deadly cholera outbreak hits southern Africa: From transmission to vaccines, here's all you need to know

Hindustan Times

Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi are at the epicenter of the deadliest cholera outbreak in southern Africa in at least a decade. “And then in settings like refugee camps, where you have a concentration of people, the water that is being used is highly contaminated.” What is fueling Africa's current cholera outbreaks? There are a host of reasons for the rash …

Africa Disease South Africa Water Outbreaks Vaccines South

9 months, 1 week ago

A tropical cyclone makes landfall in northern Madagascar, killing 18 people

Associated Press

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people and left four missing after making landfall on the north of the Indian Ocean island nation earlier this week, authorities said on Friday. The storm has also caused severe flooding that partly submerged entire villages, displaced or affected some 47,000 people and set off landslides that …

Cyclone Madagascar

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bubonic plague case found in US: Symptoms to preventive tips, all you want to know

Hindustan Times

The bubonic plague, an infectious disease that caused a pandemic back in the 14th century, wiping out 30-50% of the population in parts of Europe with an estimated toll of 50 million, still exists and causes sporadic outbreaks in various parts of the world. BUBONIC PLAGUE SYMPTOMS AND PREVENTION TIPS Dr Rastogi also talks about symptoms, treatment and preventive measures …

Disease Treatment Plague Symptoms Yersinia Pestis Bubonic Plague Bubonic

10 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s fuelling the deadly cholera outbreak in Southern Africa?

Al Jazeera

A severe cholera outbreak is currently ravaging communities in Southern Africa, spreading across borders in what experts say is the worst such crisis involving the illness that the region has seen in a decade. Since January 2022, at least 188,000 people have been infected with cholera across seven countries in Southern Africa: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa and …

South Africa Water Zimbabwe Cases Outbreak Countries Malawi

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Brazil's dengue outbreak: 512,000 cases, 425 deaths. Could it spread to US?

Hindustan Times

As state public health workers are looking for standing waters where mosquitoes could be, Brazil stand still amid nationwide efforts to stem the surge of denge fever in the country during its key tourist season in February. Brazil Dengue Outbreak: A health worker sprays insecticide to kill the Aedes aegypti mosquito to help mitigate a dengue outbreak, at the Nova …

Health Cases Dengue Brazil Ethel Maciel

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Oregon reports first bubonic plague case in nearly a decade, what is it?

Hindustan Times

Oregon reported bubonic plague for the first time in nearly a decade, according to Deschutes County Health Services. “All close contacts of the resident and their pet have been contacted and provided medication to prevent illness,” Deschutes County Health Officer Dr. Richard Fawcett said in a statement. “Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague and is caused by …

Plague Case Oregon Fawcett Bubonic Plague

11 months ago

Health talk | The new malaria vaccine can reduce morbidity and death, study finds

Hindustan Times

Malaria is a life-threatening disease spread to humans by some types of mosquitoes. A recent study found that in areas with seasonal malaria, approximately 200,000 cases and 650 deaths from malaria could be prevented per 100,000 children, if they were vaccinated with all four doses of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine over 15 years. Additionally, the vaccine, which was recently recommended for …

Health India Children Death Disease Deaths Cases

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Zambia reels from a cholera outbreak with more than 400 dead and 10,000 cases. All schools are shut

The Independent

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000

Associated Press

LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. The Zambian government is embarking on a mass vaccination program and says it’s providing clean water — 2.4 million liters a day …

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