Outbreaks

Articles related to disease outbreaks.

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The cause of ‘tomato flu’: the coxsackievirus. CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer

‘Tomato flu’ outbreak in India – here’s what it really is

1 Sep 2022

4 min read

Bats at the Kitaka mine in Uganda. The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces, and material. Copyright: WHO /Christopher Black

Africa braces against Marburg virus after Ghana cases

31 Aug 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks Marburg

School Children of Nabaratna School, Madhyapur Thimi-4, Bhaktapur, Nepal. Credit: Chhatra Karki

Nepal braces for a fourth wave

29 Aug 2022

4 min read

COVID-19 Outbreaks Vaccine campaigns

Over half of infectious diseases made worse by climate change

23 Aug 2022

3 min read

Climate change Outbreaks Data

A woman receives a cholera vaccine. Credit: Josephine Chinele

Cholera vaccine slows down prolonged outbreak in Malawi

17 Aug 2022

4 min read

Cholera Outbreaks Vaccine campaigns

The race to understand long-COVID in children

11 Aug 2022

6 min read

COVID-19 Explainer Outbreaks

The encephalitis ward at BRD Hospital. Credit: Aayushi Shukla.

Gorakhpur’s fight against encephalitis

5 Aug 2022

4 min read

Japanese encephalitis Outbreaks Routine immunisation

Kenya's Health Ministry Principal Secretary, Susan Mochache, receives a COVID-19 booster jab at Nairobi's Kibra level 3 Hospital. Credit: Mike Mwaniki.

Surge in cases prompts vaccine drive and return to mask-wearing in Kenya

5 Aug 2022

4 min read

COVID-19 Vaccine campaigns Outbreaks

A health worker administering polio drops to a child during nationwide door to door campaign in UC Jalala in Texila, Pakistan. Gavi/2020/Asad Zaidi

What is vaccine-derived polio?

28 Jul 2022

4 min read

Polio Outbreaks Routine immunisation

Recovering TB patient Peter Wueh. Credit: Godfreeman Kaptigau

Papua New Guinea's fight against TB

1 Jul 2022

4 min read

Tuberculosis Routine immunisation Outbreaks

Polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, 3D illustration.

UK polio outbreak: What you need to know

29 Jun 2022

3 min read

Polio Outbreaks

Doctor, staff and patients at THQ Gujjar Khan's TB Unit

Pakistan’s drive to end tuberculosis

24 May 2022

4 min read

Tuberculosis Pandemic preparedness Outbreaks

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