The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday rejected a bid by Eritrea to end the mandate of a U.N. expert investigating alleged abuses in the country, in a relief to Western diplomats who feared ...

Let’s be honest Sierra Leone is struggling and the APC hasn’t exactly proven it’s readiness to lead the change. We’ve seen too many bad decisions, ...

More than 150 representatives and observers from organizations were on the tarmac at Dulles International Airport on June 25 ...

The virus, spread by ticks, can cause a disease that leads to swelling of the brain and permanent health problems in half of severe cases.

Imagine a virus so lethal that up to 90% of those infected don’t survive. That’s Marburg - a rare but extremely dangerous disease with no known cure. In this video, we explore its history, how it ...

Some staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development describe racing the clock to try to push out promised funds for surviving global aid programs, ahead of USAID's last day as ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

Summary box Health workers were differentially infected during the 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak with an incidence rate of 30 to 44/1000 depending on their job duties, compared to the wider population’s ...

Sierra Leoneans are worried by the increasing number of mpox cases and deaths that have been recorded in 2025.

Ebola is a threat to public health It seems odd to have to state that Ebola is a public health issue, but it is only fairly recently that the global community began to think about it in this way. It ...