Russia’s health watchdog said no cases of plague have been detected among people who came into contact with a 28-year-old laboratory worker who died last week. The woman, who worked at a Siberian plague research institute, died from pneumonia of an undetermined cause, prompting precautionary measures and international concern. Authorities said extensive testing found no
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Europe could face “more deadly weeks” as another powerful heatwave develops over the Atlantic. Temperatures in parts of Portugal and southern Spain are expected to reach as high as 43°C in the coming days. WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge urged governments to strengthen preparedness, noting […]
France has confirmed its first case of Ebola after a doctor returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The doctor was immediately admitted to a specialized medical facility and is reported to be in stable condition. French health authorities have emphasized that the risk to the general public remains very […]
The Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV Hondius arrived at the port of Rotterdam on Monday after being at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak that killed three people. Dutch authorities prepared quarantine arrangements for the remaining 23 crew members and two medical staff still on board, while the vessel was set to undergo full disinfection procedures. […]
French authorities placed five passengers evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius into strict isolation after one French national developed hantavirus symptoms during a repatriation flight from Tenerife to Paris. Ambulances and PPE-clad medical teams received the passengers at Le Bourget Airport before transferring them to Bichat Hospital for quarantine and medical
A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius has led to three deaths and multiple infections during a transatlantic voyage. A Dutch couple and a German passenger died, with the Dutch woman confirmed to have contracted the virus. A 69-year-old British man also tested positive and remains in critical but stable condition in […]
Pope Leo XIV has called on nations to ensure universal healthcare access, describing it as a “moral imperative” for any just society. Speaking at a healthcare conference in Vatican City, he emphasized that access to medical services is essential to human dignity and social justice. The pope stressed that healthcare must not become a privilege […]
The head of the World Health Organization stated in his clearest remarks to yet that the UN body remains dedicated to learning how the virus originated that learning the origins of COVID-19 is a moral necessity and all possibilities must be studied. The Wall Street Journal stated that a US agency determined that the pandemic […]
The World Health Organisation has predicted that the present Covid-19 crisis will be over in the timeframe of two years. The organisation has cited the Spanish Flu experience as the justification for its argument about the crisis. It has explained about the ability of technology to bring down the impact of the present crisis to […]
The European country of Sweden – which has taken an entirely different route to address the Covid-19 crisis – has contradicted a warning given by the World Health Organisation on the issue of Covid-19. Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has rejected to move made by the global organisation to include Sweden among countries in Europe […]









