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Ebola outbreak fuels urgent vaccine race Scientists are racing to develop three new vaccines targeting the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has already claimed nearly 250 lives in the Democ...
Ebola outbreak response hampered by ongoing violence The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarms over the deteriorating Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where arm...
First fatal diphtheria case in Australia since 2018 confirmed Australia has recorded its first death from diphtheria in almost a decade as the country faces its largest outbreak of the vaccine-pr...
WHO escalates Ebola outbreak risk assessment The World Health Organization (WHO) has elevated the public health risk from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to "very hig...
Flight diverted to Canada after passenger boards in error An Air France plane en route from Paris to Detroit was forced to land in Montreal after US authorities discovered a passenger from the De...
Fear grips communities near Ebola epicentre in DR Congo Residents in Ituri province, the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola outbreak, have described growing panic as the vir...
American medical worker tests positive for Ebola in DR Congo An American healthcare professional has been diagnosed with Ebola after working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), US health a...
US citizens exposed to Ebola in DR Congo At least six Americans have come into contact with the Ebola virus amid a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to sources...
Ebola resurfaces in conflict-ridden DR Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling an Ebola outbreak caused by a rare viral strain, Bundibugyo, which has already resulted in nearly 250 sus...
Hantavirus case confirmed among cruise passengers Health officials in British Columbia have reported a presumptive positive case of hantavirus in a Canadian who traveled on the MV Hondius cruise...
Cruise ship passengers held in Bordeaux after gastrointestinal outbreak More than 1,000 passengers and 500 crew members remain confined aboard the UK-operated cruise ship Ambition in Bordeaux aft...
WHO rules out immediate hantavirus spread Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, stated on Tuesday that there is currently no indication of a broader hanta...
Eighteen Americans under observation after possible hantavirus exposure Eighteen U.S. citizens evacuated from a cruise ship are being monitored at two leading medical facilities following potenti...
Irish passengers return after hantavirus scare Two Irish nationals evacuated from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius landed in Dublin late Sunday, following a coordinated medical airl...
US passengers evacuated from cruise ship in Canary Islands A group of 17 American passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, docked in Spain's Canary Islands, were flown to the United States on...
French passenger develops hantavirus symptoms during repatriation flight A French national evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship fell ill with hantavirus symptoms while on a chartered flight...
Hantavirus cases detected in repatriated cruise passengers An American and a French national who recently disembarked from a virus-stricken cruise ship have tested positive for hantavirus after r...
Cruise ship outbreak puts Ushuaia in spotlight Argentina's southernmost city, Ushuaia, is facing scrutiny after a hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship raised questions about whether the vir...
UK deploys medics to Tristan da Cunha amid hantavirus outbreak A team of British Army medics has parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha, one of the world's most isolated islands, to assist a resident i...
WHO seeks to calm fears ahead of ship's arrival World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has moved to reassure residents of Tenerife as the MV Hondius, a cruise ship with con...
Hondius docks off Tenerife after hantavirus death on board The MV Hondius, carrying over 100 passengers and crew, arrived near Granadilla port before dawn Sunday, nearly a month after the first h...
US organizes evacuation amid hantavirus outbreak on cruise The United States is arranging a charter flight to repatriate American passengers from a luxury cruise ship where a hantavirus outbreak...
Hantavirus outbreak confirmed on cruise ship Health authorities worldwide are scrambling to locate dozens of passengers who left the MV Hondius before an outbreak of hantavirus was identified, th...
Third British passenger shows hantavirus symptoms The UK government announced on Friday that a third British national aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship is suspected of contracting hantavirus. The...
WHO dismisses pandemic fears over hantavirus cases on cruise The World Health Organization (WHO) has moved to reassure the public that a recent hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Sou...
Global health authorities respond to hantavirus deaths on cruise ship Three passengers have died after contracting hantavirus on a cruise ship that departed from Argentina a month ago, prompting...
Evacuations underway after hantavirus cases confirmed on cruise ship Two critically ill passengers evacuated from the MV Hondius have arrived in the Netherlands for medical treatment, Oceanwide E...
Cruise ship quarantined near Cape Verde after deadly virus outbreak A luxury cruise liner carrying 150 passengers from 23 countries remains anchored off West Africa after three deaths and multipl...
Cruise ship rerouted to Canary Islands amid hantavirus outbreak Spanish health authorities have directed the MV Hondius, a Dutch-flagged cruise ship with confirmed hantavirus cases, to sail to th...
WHO suspects human-to-human hantavirus spread on cruise ship The World Health Organization (WHO) is examining possible person-to-person transmission of hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius after thre...
Three fatalities reported on MV Hondius The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed one case of hantavirus and is investigating five additional suspected cases aboard a cruise ship sailing...
Three fatalities reported on MV Hondius The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed one case and identified five suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius, a cruise ship currently...
Emergency vaccination drive launched amid rising deaths Bangladesh has initiated an urgent immunization campaign after a measles outbreak killed more than 100 people, primarily young children, in...
Unprecedented meningitis outbreak strikes UK An unusually rapid and severe outbreak of bacterial meningitis in the UK has claimed two lives and infected 34 people, prompting urgent public health...
Updated 18 March 2026 - UK Health Security Agency confirms five new cases in Canterbury area. Two deaths reported in rapid meningitis spread Health authorities in Kent have described an outbre...
South Carolina reports 88 new measles cases as outbreak worsens State health officials confirmed 88 additional measles infections since last Friday, pushing the total to 646 cases since October....
Canada loses measles-free status after year-long outbreak The Pan American Health Organization (Paho) announced on Monday that Canada has lost its measles elimination status following a 12-month...
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