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Measles-related deaths may continue for several more days as thousands of infected children remain hospitalised, although the outbreak is finally showing signs of slowing after a nationwide vaccination drive, health officials said.

By Assumpta MasoiThe recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases

A measles outbreak in Bangladesh has killed more than 500 children, according to government data - marking the country’s deadliest surge in decades of the

DUBAI: Governments across the Arab region are on alert for the potential spread of hantavirus and Ebola following recent international cases, although no infections have been recorded in the region to date. Saudi Arabia’s Public Health Authority, known as Weqaya, said it was closely tracking reports of hantavirus infections abroad, while emphasizing that the risk of the virus

A cross-cultural study reveals that children often believe people are less willing and happy to help others when instructed to do so. However, the strength of this belief varies across different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

One of the biggest drivers for health insurance claims last year was heart disease.

Measles, once considered largely under control, has returned with alarming force across the globe.

While the spreading and growing Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak is the most terrifying and by far the most publicized outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (HERE) and (HERE), the country is plagued by infectious disease outbreaks each year.

Ebola Claims More Lives, Other African Countries Seen At Risk

The Director of the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center and Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Kunle Odunsi, has raised