The National Orientation Agency has initiated a campaign to curb the spread of infectious diseases across Nigeria.The campaign focuses on three seasonal diseases of cholera, meningitis, and Lassa ...

"The country is less safe," Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program, told CBS News.

A virus originally found in animals, mpox -- which causes the disease of the same name -- is now circulating in humans. Since 2022, it has been the cause of major epidemics spreading outside endemic ...

HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body's immune system and makes ...

Our study thus confirmed what was found in people of African descent in the US: the genetic origin underpinning the excess ...

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 patients from Guinea who ...

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown ...

People of African descent often have non-communicable and infectious diseases at the same time. Research needs to be done ...

Adults in Tanzania living with HIV and taking tenofovir have a higher rate of chronic kidney disease vs. those without the ...

The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), implementing ...

coronary artery disease, and stroke, are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. Notably, 1 in 3 South African adults (33.7%) have hypertension, a significant risk factor for ...