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 ...

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

The U.S. withdrawal from WHO has seismic implications on issues like prevention of future pandemics, and the stakes are especially high for Canada.

The United States withdrawing from the World Health Organization would have a significant impact on public health programmes in Africa, the continent's public health agency said Thursday.

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

Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is a viral disease similar to smallpox that can cause flu-like symptoms and a painful rash. It is most commonly found in central and east Africa, with the chances of ...

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution by a show of hands regarding the respect for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Members of the European Parliament ...

The U.S. plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization will squeeze Africa's health initiatives, the Africa Centres for ...

WHO funds are spent on a range of global health projects—programs to eradicate polio, rapidly respond to health emergencies, ...

Convinced the jungle was harbouring mpox, Dr Leandre Murhala Masirika grabbed his gear and headed towards the vast forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern provinces.

COVID-19 made its debut in December 2019 and has since caused the deaths of more than 7.1 million people, according to the World Health Organization. While pharmaceutical companies rushed to find a ...

High-burden cholera outbreaks, spreading beyond the traditional cholera-endemic countries, have been reported since 2021 in ...