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The abrupt halt to U.S. involvement in the World Health Organization has caused considerable and immediate uncertainty for ...

Local public health officials are the front line for responding to any disease outbreak. Five years after the coronavirus pandemic began, many say that the entrenched politicization of COVID-19 has ...

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Sarah Naluyima is a dedicated community health worker at the forefront of Uganda’s Ebola outbreak response. For 15 years, Sarah has worked in her community, raising awareness about various health ...

In Uganda’s ongoing fight against mpox and Ebola outbreaks, a few names have stood out for their exceptional dedication and resilience. Kemirembe Maria Goretti is one such individual. For 10 years, ...

Prestigious US university Johns Hopkins said Thursday it will lay off more than 2,000 employees around the world in the ...

The foreign aid program has been one of the country's best defenses against emerging infectious diseases. Without it, we are ...

It's inevitable there will be another pandemic so the real challenge is to back public health, researchers and to trust the evidence. Earlier this week marked five years since the World Health ...

On 18 February, Byegarazo and seven others walked out of treatment centers in Kampala and Mbale, a city in Eastern Uganda, ...

In her new book 'A History of the World in Six Plagues,' Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood — possibly foreshadowing what's to come.

Eight scholars from Brown University looked back at the pandemic with an eye toward how its lessons can help the United States and other nations prepare for the next global health crisis.