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Scientists sometimes compare predicting the course of epidemics to forecasting the weather. But there's a major ...

Cambodia's health ministry today announced another human H5N1 avian flu case of the year, involving a 5-year-old boy from ...

Vaccine supply shortage comes at a bad time, as African countries make headway with their outbreaks and have seen good uptake ...

Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on January 30, 2020 declared COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

Kentucky has its first measles outbreak of 2025, as the U.S. case count sits just short of a 30-year high. There have been ...

The African Pharmaceutical Market is projected to grow at an impressive CAGR of 6-8% by 2029, driven by a booming population, ...

Several African countries' health systems remain critically vulnerable to the fallout from President Donald Trump’s ongoing ...

Bird flu has ravaged poultry flocks worldwide in recent years, including in the United States, and top poultry exporter Brazil this year reported its first known case on a commercial farm ...

South African chicken farmers have raised serious concerns over the potential introduction of highly pathogenic avian ...