Health

A town in Massachusetts, USA, has imposed the closing of its public parks from dusk to morning due to the spread of a mosquito carrying the Eastern equine encephalitis virus, a potentially fatal disease. To slow the spread of the virus, the town of Plymouth has decided to close “all …

In Uganda, two new infections with the mpox virus have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in the East African country to four, according to the Ministry of Health. The two new patients were infected with the clade 1b strain of the virus, Health Ministry Director General of …

Sudan is facing a cholera epidemic that has so far claimed 27 lives out of a total of 556 confirmed cases, Sudanese Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim announced. The states of Kassala and Gedaref are particularly hard hit, said the minister. Before the war, the UN had already warned of the …

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hope to receive first doses of mpox vaccine by next week, following promises from the United States and Japan to help the country fight the outbreak, local media reported. The World Health Organization last week declared mpox a global public …

Success in life isn’t just about working hard, earning money or starting a family, according to a study conducted by Harvard University. According to the researchers, the essential pillars of sustainable success are: happiness, fulfillment, meaning and succession, as reported by GQ Magazine. According to the study, there are three …

China announced on Friday, August 16, that it was strengthening its controls on people and goods likely to have been in contact with mpox (or “monkey pox”), after the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert about the disease. Mpox, formerly known as monkey pox, is a viral disease that …

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has declared a state of health emergency following the increase in Mpox cases on the continent. Since the beginning of the year, more than 13,700 cases and 450 deaths have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus, …

The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has announced it is set to declare a health emergency as monkeypox cases surge across the continent. Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), made the announcement during a webinar on Thursday on the Mpox outbreak situation …

Oropouche fever has caused the death of two people in Brazil, the first deaths ever recorded in the world due to this disease, the Ministry of Health of the South American country announced on Thursday. “The victims are two women from the state of Bahia (northeast) under 30 years old, …

At least fourteen high school students in Tokyo were hospitalised after experiencing severe stomach aches, nausea, and mouth pain from consuming crisps infused with Bhut Jolokia peppers. The incident occurred on 16 July at Rokugo Koka High School in Tokyo’s Ota Ward. At approximately 12:40 pm, an emergency call was made …