South Africa: HFMD outbreak update

The hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak in KwaZulu-Natal continues to spread. The number of confirmed cases has risen to 36, and the...

Bird flu, asymptomatic viruses circulating in humans

A recently published study on the H5N1 virus by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the avian influenza virus...

Ghana cholera outbreak: vaccinations amid rising cases

The Ghana Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service have started a cholera vaccination campaign in Accra to fight an escalating outbreak across...

Manhattan restaurant linked to Hepatitis A case

The New York City Health Department (NYCHD) has received notification of a case of hepatitis A, a highly infectious liver infection, in an individual...

Update on the cholera outbreak in Burundi

According to the WHO African Region Weekly Bulletin on Outbreak and other Emergencies: Week 07: 10 - 16 February 2025, in the context of...

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