Security alert at London’s Gatwick Airport

Following the evacuation of the south terminal at London's Gatwick Airport due to a 'security incident', the alert has been lifted. The intervention of...

US has first paediatric case of H5 avian influenza

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a human infection with the A H5N1 virus in a child in California. The young...

Burundi: Cholera outbreak update

Burundi is confronted with the recurrent occurrence of cholera epidemics on an annual basis in specific geographical regions. The most recent outbreak was formally...

‘Walking pneumonia’ cases on the rise in North America

As evidenced by data from the U.S. CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program, there have been notable increases in the incidence of cases of so-called...

Malaria outbreak in Ethiopia, update

WHO's 'Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response' (IDSR), from Epidemiological week 1 to 46 of 2024, reports a total of 8,451,423 cases of Malaria in...

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