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Africa

Uganda Confirms Second Ebola Death as Outbreak Spreads

Reuters reports indicate that a four-year-old child has become the second Ebola patient to die in Uganda, according to the World Health Organization, citing the country’s health ministry. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 10. Uganda declared the outbreak in January following the death of a male nurse at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala.

today3 March, 2025

Environment

Bird flu: what is it, how does it spread and how can we protect ourselves from it?

    By Daniel Oladimeji Oluwayelu, University of Ibadan   There has been an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital. The viral disease, also called avian influenza, killed 441 chickens out of a flock of 641 on a farm. There have been several outbreaks bird flu across Africa over the past 18 years. Nigeria was the first African country to report an outbreak in February 2006. […]

today25 March, 2024