Bangladesh, which once came close to eliminating measles, is facing its worst outbreak on record, with around 1,000 suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths reported since March as hospitals str...

West African country reports 46 suspected cases in outbreak declared in July, amid fears virus may be spreading undetected

Recent studies have raised concerns arising from the exploitation (“mining”) of public health databases for low-quality, mass-produced papers. However, it remains challenging to disambiguate whether s...

Tens of thousands of doses of a vaccine used for previous strains of Ebola have begun arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The ongoing 2026 outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has renewed attention to one of the least studied human-pathogenic...

The current strain has so far killed 1,587 people, and there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment.

Cases have hit record levels, and scientists are racing to pinpoint where the Cyclospora parasite entered the food supply.

JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had one as a baby Teenagers should be offered a vaccine on the NHS to protect against deadly meningitis B (menB), government advisers have recommended. The move by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which needs approval from the government, means young people should get a jab around the age of 15, with catch-up programmes for those who would otherwise miss out. Continue reading...

Leaving the EU was supposed to solve Britain’s border issues, slash bureaucracy, revitalise the health service, even supercharge vacuum cleaners. How much control did we really take back?

New research from the Clinton Health Access Initiative shows declines in HIV testing and in people accessing oral prevention services.

New strain of virus, aid cuts and cultural norms around burials and touch add to difficulties in stemming outbreak The warnings from aid groups and healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been stark, their calls for coordinated international action impassioned. As the country reels from the return of Ebola virus, there is growing concern that its fragile healthcare system will struggle to cope with an outbreak that experts say goes well beyond the number of confirmed cases. Continue reading...

As Europe’s leading donor countries slash budgets, the result could be more than 11.5m preventable deaths, report suggests Cuts to foreign aid budgets by the UK, France and Germany could contribute to more than 11.5 million preventable deaths by the end of the decade, according to a new report, which warns that Europe is abandoning its role as a pillar of global health and development. Three separate studies within the report reveal the extent to which the nations have slashed their foreign aid budgets, and illustrate the impact worldwide. UK official development assistance (ODA) spending is projected to fall by 45% between 2020 and 2026, Germany’s by 37% between 2023 and 2026, and France’s by 30% over the same period, according to the research. This report was a collaboration with European newspapers El Pais and Le Monde Continue reading...

The National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are targeting collaborations between U.S. scientists and foreign researchers, Science reports.

For years, hantavirus infections in Europe were regarded as a relatively minor public health concern, largely because the dominant strain circulating in Northern and Western Europe, the Puumala virus ...

In the interconnected world we live in the west can’t afford to turn away, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Pandemic report warns of growing global threat as health teams in Africa move to contain Ebola outbreak

Initial genomes from May 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, reveal a new spillover event Context On 15 May 2026, the Ministry of Public Health, ...

Concerns raised that cases were caused by a new strain of the virus as African health officials race to coordinate and contain the infection An outbreak of Ebola has killed 65 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to African health officials. There have been 246 suspected cases of the deadly haemorrhagic fever reported so far in Ituri province, which shares borders with Uganda and South Sudan. Continue reading...

But the US’s withdrawal from the WHO – and cuts to the country’s health system – stymie officials’ response

The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were designed to study viruses that could jump from animals to people, including hantavirus, but the National Institutes of Health in 2025 said...

Seven people on a South Atlantic cruise ship have fallen ill with a rare hantavirus, and three of them have died, with one more in critical condition and others still showing symptoms.

Questions about the culprit virus and its route of spread remain as health officials make plans for stranded passengers

As the meningitis outbreak in Kent continues, with 29 cases and two deaths reported, experts look at what might be behind this “unprecedented event” “This is the most fascinating question that has ar...

Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy

In the second phase of the RIO HIV cure trial, participants originally given a placebo were offered the experimental therapy, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2026) he...

France cut its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 58 percent on Thursday, confirming a major reduction in funding that health organisations warn will cost lives...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are among the world's leading infectious threats, together responsible for over a million deaths each year, but these infections remain neglected by...

It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...

Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the time More than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year war in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced by local authorities at the time, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Lancet medical journal. The research also found that reporting by the Gaza health ministry about the proportion of women, children and elderly people among those killed was accurate. Continue reading...

WHO is aware of the proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine in Guinea-Bissau. Based on questions raised in publicly available information and consultation with...

Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

The director-general of the WHO said a U.S.-funded study of the hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau would be “unethical” if it proceeds as planned.

Nearly 100 people have been asked to quarantine in their homes

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Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies