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Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda 'will get worse before it gets better': WHO chief
Martial Trezzini/epa/shutterstoc/MARTIAL TREZZINI/EPA/Shutterstoc(GENEVA, Switzerland) -- The head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday t...
May 25, 2026
Ebola outbreak in DRC is 'spreading rapidly' with almost 750 suspected cases: WHO chief
A medical staff member disinfects a quarantine room in an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 21...
May 22, 2026
Health officials warn patients of potential HIV, hepatitis exposure at Philadelphia dental office
Stock image of dental chair. (Zhenjin Li/Getty Images)(PHILADELPHIA) -- Health officials in Philadelphia are recommending certain patients of a dental...
May 22, 2026
Texas reports state's 1st human case of West Nile virus this year
Female Aedes mosquitoes, including the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) and the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti), are observed feeding on ...
May 19, 2026
As Ebola outbreak spreads in DRC and Uganda, what is risk to US?
Health supplies are seen as healthcare workers receive training on administering the Ebola vaccine in a study carried out with the support of the Worl...
May 19, 2026
'We're working on it': HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Ebola, hantavirus response
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of the E...
May 19, 2026
Colorado public health officials investigating hantavirus death not linked to cruise ship cluster
In this photo illustration, a laboratory test tubes containing blood to be analyzed for the Hantavirus "Orthohantavirus" outbreak, held by a...
May 18, 2026
Hantavirus doesn't linger, requires close contact: Officials
Medical staff direct some of the last passengers to be evacuated from the MV Hondius on May 11, 2026, in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. ...
May 15, 2026
At least 65 dead after Ebola outbreak confirmed in Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials say
Healthcare workers walk outside the Ebola treatment centre in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (2019). (Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Imag...
May 15, 2026
Dr. Marty Makary intends to resign as FDA commissioner: Sources
Marty Makary attends an executive order signing in the Oval Office on April 18, 2026.(Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)(WASHIN...
May 12, 2026