The World Health Organization says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad—a […]
UN says Ebola in Congo still qualifies as global emergency
The World Health Organization says the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo still warrants being classified as a global emergency, even […]
In Burundi, 1,800 dead as malaria ‘epidemic’ rages: UN
Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the UN’s humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivalling […]
Ebola in Congo now infecting newborn babies, UN says
The World Health Organization says a worrying number of the newest Ebola cases amid Congo’s ongoing outbreak are in patients […]
UN says 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen
The United Nations says nearly 120,000 suspected cases of cholera were reported in conflict-wracked Yemen between January and mid-August and […]
UN warns of AIDS rebound risk as flat funding threatens gains
Great strides in preventing AIDS deaths and new infections risk being halted, even reversed, if funding and focus continues to […]