Tag: Health

Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak after initial denial

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus,…

Alfred Lasteck Alfred Lasteck

Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert

Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected…

Alfred Lasteck Alfred Lasteck

Could a mango-flavoured pill end intestinal worms?

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising…

Aurelia Foster Aurelia Foster

‘I found out I had cervical cancer while I was pregnant’

Dorothy Masasa happily walks down a dirt road on a sunny afternoon,…

Ashley Lime Ashley Lime

The 96-year-old who defied a ban on female genital cutting

Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West…

Ruth Maclean & Matty Jobe Ruth Maclean & Matty Jobe

What Killed Harmony Ball-Stribling?

The last day Byron Stribling spent with his wife, Harmony, was the…

Roni Caryn Rabin Roni Caryn Rabin

Nurses working in fear: A visit to mpox epicentre

Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in…

Simi Jolaoso Simi Jolaoso

‘Mpox made my throat so painful I couldn’t sleep’

Egide Irambona, 40, sits bare-chested on his hospital bed, next to the…

Mercy Juma Mercy Juma

The children bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak

Children in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo are worst-affected…