Epidemics

European Commission plans emergency measures to combat bird flu in Poland

Hungary suggests 'biological attack' could be source of foot-and-mouth outbreak

Mexico reports first human death from H5N1 bird flu

Austria to shut border crossings to Hungary, Slovakia over foot and mouth

Hungary deploys military to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak

Slovakia declares 'emergency situation' to stop spread of foot-and-mouth cases

Factbox-Bird flu spreads to mammals, fears of human transmission

Measles cases in Texas, New Mexico rise to 351, state health departments say

Slovakia records first foot-and-mouth cases, minister says

Funding cuts for global health programs threaten childhood vaccination efforts, WHO says

Bodies pulled out of well point to killings in areas recaptured from Sudan fighters

South Korea reports first foot-and-mouth disease case in nearly two years

Namibia's cholera-free decade ends with one confirmed case

Netherlands starts bird flu vaccination program at hen farm

Deadly illness in Congo may be malaria, health officials say

Mpox still a health emergency, says WHO

Texas child is first reported US measles death in a decade as outbreak hits more than 130

Two clusters of unknown illness kill 50 in Democratic Republic of Congo

Chinese researchers find bat virus enters human cells via same pathway as COVID

Uganda discharges all eight Ebola patients, health minister says

WHO releases $2 million to support Uganda's Ebola outbreak response

Congo checks 12 possible Ebola cases, African health body says

U.S. WHO exit jeopardizes Africa, says health body

First mpox case detected in Azerbaijan, Interfax reports

Tanzania says no sign of Marburg outbreak in the country

China discovers cluster of new mpox strain

Malaria cases up again in 2023, African children worst hit, WHO reports

Record dengue outbreak in Americas kills 7,700 this year, PAHO says

WHO's Tedros confident of finalising pandemic treaty in 2025

Undiagnosed disease in Congo puts children, malnourished at risk, WHO says

Unknown disease kills 143 in southwest Congo, local authorities say

Analysis-New mpox vaccines for Congo's children held up by old problem

UK confirms bird flu cases at commercial poultry farm

Bangladesh deaths from dengue cross 400 as outbreak worsens

Cholera suspected as cause of mystery deaths in besieged Sudan town

Global measles cases jumped in 2023 due to 'inadequate' vaccine coverage

France raises bird flu risk to high as EU cases spread

Africa health body calls on Trump to honour US vaccine pledges

Vaccine doses allocated for 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox