GENEVA – The World Health Organization declared the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius over on Thursday. The final contact of a person exposed to the virus completed quarantine, ...

A specialist contractor has collected 30 dead swans from waterways near Canary Wharf. Officials say tests are under way and are urging people not to touch carcasses. More than 30 swans have died in ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 1,406 cumulative confirmed Ebola cases and 438 deaths, according to a June 30 situational update. The case fatality rate is slightly above 31%. An ...

Longer and warmer summers are increasing the risk of several infectious diseases across Europe, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has warned. In a statement issued on July ...

The UK Health Security Agency said on March 19 that it is investigating an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Kent that, as of March 18, was linked to 27 cases: 15 confirmed and 12 ...

French health authorities confirmed on June 24 the first case of Ebola virus disease in the country. The patient, a physician who had returned from a humanitarian mission in one of the Ebola-affected ...

At least 1,274 confirmed Ebola cases and 360 deaths have been reported in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, health agencies say — part of a regional toll that now stands at 1,295 confirmed cases ...

H5N1 has been reported in five local bodies in Kozhikode district, with culling operations set to follow, according to PTI and local media reports published on March 18 and 19. The affected areas were ...

Israel’s Agriculture and Food Security Ministry reported H5N1 in fattening turkeys at a commercial coop in Moshav Nahalal in northern Israel. The flock size was 8,000 turkeys. Authorities established ...

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that damage to petroleum facilities in Iran could contaminate air, food and water, after residents in Tehran reported what they described as black ...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda could cost Africa as much as $3.6bn and lead to the loss of 328,000 jobs if it spreads further across the region, the UN has warned.

Malaysia’s Health Ministry has urged the public to wear masks in crowded, enclosed places, improve indoor ventilation, and seek medical attention for coughs lasting more than two weeks, as ...