This week’s report ranges from a big proposal to remake global health institutions to a very concrete, “cynical” decision shaping health care in a humanitarian disaster.

Filoviruses get their name from the Latin word "filum," meaning thread—a reference to their long, filamentous shape. This virus family contains some of the most dangerous pathogens known to science, ...

While pertussis, also known as whooping cough, declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a recent resurgence in the illness. More than 10,000 cases are reported every year on average in ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading human and animal virologists in more than 40 countries dedicated to advancing pandemic preparedness through research, education and training, and ...

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading human and animal virologists in more than 40 countries dedicated to advancing pandemic ...

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The death toll from a Marburg virus outbreak in Ethiopia has risen to six, state-run news agency reported on Wednesday. Ethiopia first confirmed the outbreak on ...

Dr Montien Kanasawat, Director-General of the Department of Disease Control (DDC), provided an update on Friday (November 21) regarding several confirmed cases of Marburg virus disease in Ethiopia. He ...

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Counties have been advised to be on high alert after Ethiopia confirmed its first Marburg virus disease outbreak in Jinka, Southern Ethiopia, with nine cases reported. The Kenya National Public Health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health workers in Ethiopia mobilise to contain a Marburg virus outbreak. [Al Jazeera] Ethiopia has confirmed three deaths linked ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia on Friday confirmed its first Marburg outbreak after nine cases were identified in a southern region of the country that borders South Sudan. The World Health Organization ...