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South Korea on Sunday reported its 32nd death from MERS as the virus’s mortality rate continued to rise even as the pace of the outbreak appeared to slow. A 55-year-old man died Saturday of Middle East Respiratory Disease, the…
Sierra Leone has enforced a curfew in the face of renewed outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus in the north west of the country. The government has extended the state of emergency Sierra Leone’s president has announced a three-week curfew…
South Korea reported a 10th death from the MERS virus on Thursday, although officials say they believe the disease has peaked. The victim was a 65-year-old man who had been treated for lung cancer and was hospitalized in the…
For the first time, Ebola has been discovered inside the eyes of a patient months after the virus was gone from his blood. Ebola has infected more than 26,000 people since December 2013 in West Africa. Some survivors have…
A “mysterious” disease has killed at least 18 people in the past several days in south-eastern Nigeria, local officials say. The outbreak started in the Ode-Irele town, Ondo state, and spread rapidly. The disease – characterised by blurred…
Two Syrians died of H1N1 swine flu last month and six others were suspected of carrying the infection, Syria’s state news agency SANA said on Monday. The World Health Organization has warned that the collapse of Syria’s health system…
More than 6,800 people have now died from the Ebola virus, almost all of them in west Africa, the World Health Organization said. The UN health agency reported that as of December 13, there had been 18,464 cases of…
An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected almost 80 others, the World Health Organization has said The WHO warned of the danger of a “rapid spread” of the disease in the capital, Antananarivo. The…
A man who had been cured of Ebola but continued to show traces of virus in his semen upon his arrival in India has been isolated, as authorities are not willing to take a risk of possible sexual transmission within…
The first human trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine will begin this week as the deadly outbreak continues to spread. According to the World Health Organization, there are now more than 3,000 cases. More than 1,500 people have died from…
