West African nations are struggling to track and treat infections, and experts warn the outbreak is rapidly spreading, while ...

While the Covid-19 pandemic is firmly in the past for many Americans, US households continue to bear the costs of ...

New network launched to establish best practices for wastewater surveillance of pathogens with potential to cause a pandemic.The network ...

Congo has been hit hard by a mysterious infection, dubbed 'Disease X', which has already claimed 79 lives in the last few days. Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are working ...

The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across several communities in West and Central African countries, with Sierra Leone becoming the latest ...

In addition to pre-exposure vaccination against mpox and post exposure management, heath workers and all frontline workers should always observe strict infection prevention and control procedures and ...

The director of the Africa CDC believes the abrupt cutoff of Western aid will cause great suffering to Africans. At the same ...

Learn about the world's top hotspots with this interactive Global Conflict Tracker from the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.

The World Bank said it is committing $1 billion to help the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare for the development of the next stage of what could be the world’s biggest hydropower project.

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo executed at least 21 civilians over two days in February in the eastern city of Goma, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Tuesday.