Tag: Disease outbreaks
Ebola outbreak spreads to 3rd province in eastern Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province, with two cases, including one death, confirmed in South Kivu,...
Ebola outbreak spreads to 3rd province in eastern Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province, with two cases confirmed in South Kivu, according to the...
Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments saving lives
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday.The preliminary...
Rwanda, Congo restrict unnecessary border travel amid Ebola
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Rwanda and Congo are discouraging travel across their border to prevent further spread of the highly contagious Ebola virus.Travel restrictions...
Philippines declares dengue outbreak a national epidemic
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines' Department of Health on Tuesday declared the country's outbreak of dengue to be a national epidemic.The agency said...
Florida latest place to declare emergency over hepatitis A
MIAMI (AP) - Officials have declared a public health emergency over the rising number of hepatitis A cases in Florida, the latest part of...
Florida latest place to declare emergency over hepatitis A
MIAMI (AP) - Officials have declared a public health emergency over the rising number of hepatitis A cases in Florida, the latest part of...
Uganda begins largest trial of experimental Ebola vaccine
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Researchers in Uganda are launching the largest-ever trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in...
1-year-old daughter, wife of Congo’s Goma victim have Ebola
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The wife and 1-year-old daughter of the man who died of Ebola in Goma this week have tested positive for...
1-year-old daughter, wife of Congo’s Goma victim have Ebola
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The 1-year-old daughter and the wife of the man who died of Ebola in Congo's city of Goma this week...
