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No new cases have been reported in the ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 17 February 2020 (Figure 1).

There have been no new cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) reported in the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 17 February 2020. However, because there is still a risk of re-emergence of EVD, it is critical to maintain surveillance and response operations until and after the end of outbreak declaration […]

On 18 February 2020, the National IHR Focal Point for Qatar reported one laboratory-confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection (MERS-CoV) to WHO.

It has been over 21 days since the last confirmed case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been reported (Figure 1). On 9 March, the last 46 contacts finished their follow-up. These are important milestones in the outbreak as over one maximum incubation period has passed without any confirmed cases of EVD. However, there is […]

WHO: Zika virus classification tables

They are tiny animals that live near or inside human dwellings where contact with people is high. Every few days, they lay 100-150 eggs which develop into adults in about a week. They are mosquitoes. The adult females feed on people’s blood, several times during the day.

New research from UC Riverside shows scientists may soon be able to prevent disease-spreading mosquitoes from maturing. Using the same gene-altering techniques, they may also be able help boost reproduction in beneficial bumblebees.

No one knows what makes a mild dengue viral infection morph into a severe and sometimes deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome.

A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE reports a model that is based on air travel, using the number of passengers flowing between international airports to predict how many of the air travellers arriving at any of these airports will have dengue, in a month.

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling on November 26, 2019, describes a mouse experiment, in which the immune response to the dengue vaccine was boosted when the mice were first given halofuginone, a plant compound that is well known to herbalists.

Hoy, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) está lanzando la versión en español de un servicio de mensajería con WhatsApp y Facebook para mantener a las personas informadas y protegidas del coronavirus.

A medida que el brote de la enfermedad por el coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) continúa evolucionando, se han hecho comparaciones con la gripe estacional o influenza. Ambas causan enfermedades respiratorias, sin embargo, existen diferencias importantes entre los dos virus y cómo se propagan. Esto tiene repercusiones importantes para las medidas de salud pública que deben implementarse […]

A medida que el mundo se une para hacer frente a la pandemia del COVID-19, es importante garantizar que los servicios y operaciones esenciales para hacer frente a los problemas de salud prevalentes, continúen protegiendo la vida de las personas con TB y otras enfermedades o condiciones de salud. Los servicios de salud, incluidos los […]

La Directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Carissa F. Etienne, hizo hoy un llamamiento a todos los países de la Región de las Américas a que adopten medidas de inmediato para reorganizar sus servicios de salud y proteger a los profesionales de la salud con el fin de atender en forma segura […]