Infectious disease emergencies can threaten breastfeeding and the lives of mothers and babies. Depending on the disease, ...

Uganda is battling its eighth outbreak of Ebola - a highly infectious disease with a fatality rate of over 40%.

SEVEN people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious strain of Ebola in Uganda, as scientists race to ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus ...

“Currently, no suspected, probable, or confirmed Ebola cases related to this outbreak ... muscle aches, chest pain, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, and unexplained bleeding ...

Breastfeeding is so important for child health that the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef recommend that babies should be breastfed within an hour of birth, be exclusively breastfed for the ...

This is the fastest an Ebola outbreak has ever been identified, proving that the 7-1-7 target is possible when the right tools are in place. Genetic sequencing revealed that the virus in this ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist.

At least seven people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious Ebola virus strain in Uganda as ...

COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is in the midst of yet another episode of the hemorrhagic fever Ebola following a Jan.30 announcement by Dr. Diana Atwine, the Ministry of Health’s Permanent ...