The Florida county that was devastated by Hurricane Ian last month has seen a surge in cases of flesh-eating bacteria illnesses and deaths. Officials say Lee County, where the category…
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Rwanda: MPs oppose contraceptives for 15-year-olds
Rwandan parliament has rejected a bill to amend a 2016 law to allow contraceptives to be given to girls from the age of 15. A group of MPs had introduced…
Kenya: Africa’s health boss mistreated at German airport
The acting head of the African Centres for Disease Control (CDC), Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, has returned to Kenya after allegedly being mistreated over the weekend by immigration officials at Frankfurt…
Tanzania: President Samia Suluhu Hassan asks women to have fewer babies
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has expressed concern over the high birth rate in the East African country and urged citizens to take up birth control measures. It is a…
Uganda: Two districts under three-week Ebola lockdown
A three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak. Bars, nightclubs, places of worship and entertainment venues will be closed in…
UK: Nurse in court over allegations of poisoning babies with insulin
Lucy Letby has been accused of murdering five baby boys and two girls, and attempting to murder 10 other babies at Countess of Chester hospital. Nick Johnson KC, prosecuting, said…
Gambia: Police investigate deaths linked to Indian cough syrup
Police in The Gambia are investigating the deaths of 66 children, which have been linked to four brands of imported Indian cough syrup. Senior officials from the Medicine Control Agency…
Gambia: Death of sixty-six children linked to Indian-made cough syrups
A global alert has been issued over four cough syrups after the World Health Organization (WHO) warned they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia.…
UK: Fight against monkeypox rages on
The UK’s monkeypox cases continuing to fall, says one of Britain’s leading infectious disease modellers. Prof Neil Ferguson believes vaccines and vigilance have helped drive cases down from a peak…
Uganda: Ebola outbreak
The health authorities in Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the…