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Frankfurt Airport terminal with aircraft on tarmac, site of Germany's deadliest airport malaria cluster

Mosquitoes Off Planes Are Killing Germans Who Never Left Home

Three deaths and eight infections at and near Frankfurt Airport have exposed a rarely-discussed pathway for tropical disease: mosquitoes boarding flights in endemic regions and surviving to non-endemic cities. The Schwanheim cluster

September 25, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

A health worker in protective gear at an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Congo’s Ebola Toll Reaches 3,759 as North Kivu Cases Surge 73 Percent

The DRC Ebola outbreak reached 3,759 deaths on September 22 as North Kivu's caseload surged 73 percent in three weeks — even as Ituri showed early signs of improvement. No licensed vaccine exists for the Bundibugyo strain.

September 25, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

WHO health workers pandemic preparedness UNGA September 2026

UN Adopts Pandemic Declaration — Vaccine Equity Clause Still Missing

World leaders adopted a pandemic preparedness political declaration at the UN General Assembly on Thursday —

Sudanese and Chadian refugees displaced by the Sudan Civil War, representing the collapse of health infrastructure across Darfur

MSF Tells the UN: USAID Cuts Are Closing Sudan’s Last Clinics

Médecins Sans Frontières addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday with a warning: 37% of Sudan's

Health worker in protective gear disinfecting a Vietnam Airlines aircraft at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi during the coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: a first municipality placed in quarantine in Vietnam

Vietnam quarantined a commune of around 10,000 people near Hanoi for 20 days after five cases of Covid-19 were detected in Vinh Phuc province, the country's first municipal quarantine since the outbreak

February 16, 2020

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Coronavirus: more than 1,500 dead in China, 1st case in Africa

China's coronavirus death toll exceeded 1,500 and more than 66,000 cases were confirmed in the country as Egypt reported Africa's first Covid-19 infection, with the carrier placed in hospital quarantine. The WHO

February 16, 2020

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New coronavirus: a “promising” antiviral drug administered to a patient discharged from the hospital

A 48-year-old Bordeaux resident who became one of France's first coronavirus patients was discharged from hospital after 22 days with the virus undetectable in his body, following treatment with remdesivir, an antiviral

February 16, 2020

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Women wearing protective masks during COVID-19 coronavirus global spread pandemic early 2020

Corona virus: The Way Forward from a Global Perspective

The 2019 novel coronavirus, identified in Wuhan in January 2020 and declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, had already surpassed the SARS epidemic in total case count by

February 10, 2020

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Community mental health teams addressing mental health impacts of social media addiction and isolation

How Social Media is becoming anti-social?

Experts warn that extreme social media use is silently fueling isolation, cyberbullying, and depression, eroding the face-to-face connections humans need most. From Stanford to Baylor, researchers are drawing a clear line between

February 10, 2020

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Anti-smoking campaign and tobacco regulation in Africa with cigarette warning

Tobacco Harm Reduction in Nigeria: From Awareness to Action

Nigeria's tobacco epidemic continues to claim lives despite a steady decline in smoking prevalence. Public health experts argue that harm reduction strategies — encouraging smokers to switch to safer nicotine products —

October 4, 2019

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