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Health officials have warned that the toll of a recent outbreak of the gruesome ‘crypto’ parasite at a petting farm in Wales is far greater than previously thought. The number of …

As the Texas measles outbreak spirals to become the biggest since it was declared eradicated two decades ago, a second killer disease is now on the rise.  The US has …

An exercise by the UN agency earlier this month simulated an outbreak of a “fictional” virus spreading across the world The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently rehearsed a scenario …

Nigeria recorded 3,465 suspected cases of Lassa fever between January and March 2025. 645 confirmed infections and 118 deaths were recorded, Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported …

Malaria infected over 900 and killed 52 in Equateur province last month, the government has said Laboratory results have confirmed that a recent deadly disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic …

 A sprawling storm system crossing the US on Friday caused deadly crashes, damaged buildings and fanned more than 100 wildfires in several central states, prompting evacuation orders in some communities. …

The global medical charity says the situation has worsened with the arrival of refugees from South Sudan, where thousands are infected. At least 31 people have died from a “rapidly …

Measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico, which have already seen one death, have many Americans wondering whether they are at risk and how cautious they should be.  The Center …

More than 10 million people got measles in 2023, and 107,500 died. ADVERTISEMENT The United States has registered its first death from measles since 2015, after a child who wasn’t …

As a precaution animal transportation has been banned in Brandenburg state after the disease was detected in a buffalo herd just outside Berlin. ADVERTISEMENT A 72-hour ban on transporting cows, …