Measles would normally be expected to have a fatality rate of about one to three deaths out of every 1,000 children infected, the CDC says, so the number of deaths this year suggests there may be far ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 674 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 127 deaths in 14 weeks. This was disclosed in the centre's latest situation report, ...

The Department of Health (DOH) reports a significant surge in dengue cases nationwide, reaching 76,425 from January 1 to March 15. This figure represents ...

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that severe cases of yellow fever have a case fatality rate of up to 60%, most severe cases of yellow fever have a case fatality rate of ...

The average EVD case death rate is some 50% The first outbreaks of the EVD occurred in remote Central African villages, near tropical rainforests. However, major urban and rural areas have been ...

A continuing rise in deaths caused by alcohol in England since the pandemic was an "acute crisis", according to experts in ...

During a Cabinet meeting last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed what is now the ...

Doctors, researchers and public health experts warn that the measles outbreak, which has grown to more than 600 cases, may just be the beginning. They say outbreaks of preventable diseases could get ...

Unvaccinated children are becoming unvaccinated adults, who are at risk of dangerous complications.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the curve is flattening in the measles outbreak in Texas. Public health experts say ...

Indiana announced a new measles outbreak Wednesday. The cases do not have a link to the Texas outbreak that surpassed 500 ...