In her new book 'A History of the World in Six Plagues,' Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a ...

Suspected case-patients, one of them a woman who became ill while pregnant, have links to the western part of Uganda.

The Trump administration has officially ended at least four of five United States-funded Ebola contracts in Uganda.

Gene Hackman’s wife died of hantavirus, but could his own death be linked to infection? New research suggests infections may ...

Ugandan Health Workers Still Haven’t Seen the Money Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |  On Jan.

The UK Health Security Agency is investigating possible Lassa fever cases after a traveler was diagnosed with the virus. The ...

GENE Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa died from the rare infectious disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. New Mexico ...

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are ...

Ebola-like virus found in person who travelled to the UK - Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it had been informed a person travelled to England from Nigeria while they were ...

Lassa virus is usually contracted through exposure to food or household items that have been contaminated with the urine or ...

Symptoms in children are similar to those in adults, but infant infection can result in ‘swollen baby syndrome’ with oedema, ...