Long known as a virus confined to rural areas, mpox has reached Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The African Union's (AU) public health agency released an advisory Thursday noting that 5,842 cases of mpox (formerly known ...

The Kinshasa-based National Centre for Epidemiological Intelligence seems a world away from the mega city's notoriously chaotic streets.Although unassuming from the outside, this building is the ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Hamas has violated an agreement on the release of hostages with its ...

Thursday night brought a big change to Davos — and not just because it snowed for the first time all week. At just past 5 p.m., U.S. President Donald Trump presented his “America First” priorities ...

In the region's other developments, Sierra Leone reported more cases, with the first two linked to the clade 2 global strain.

Global health law professor Lawrence Gostin explains the risks of the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization.

“The Brutalist,” a three-and-a-half-hour study of immigrant trauma, raked in 10 nominations. Demi Moore capped a career ...

Africa malaria jab rollout delivers 10 million dosesNearly 10 million malaria vaccine doses were delivered to Africa during the first year of routine immunisation being rolled out across the continent ...

President Trump criticized Europe yesterday for what he called “unfair” trade practices and regulations during a video appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He vowed to impose tariffs on ...

Using current estimates of US long-COVID burden (assuming the probability of long COVID is 6% and symptoms last 1 year), cases cost an average of $2.01 billion annually. The economic burden of long ...

The Laken Riley Act is on track to become the first bill Donald Trump signs into law as president and a sign of his intent.