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Over 5,000 Patients Hospitalized in the UK, NHS Declares Critical Emergency

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The UK is grappling with an intense flu outbreak that has seen over 5,000 patients hospitalised by the end of December. The National Health Service on Friday reported an average of 4,469 flu-related hospitalisations daily in the week leading up to December 29, a nearly 3.5-fold increase compared to the same period in 2023. On […]

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Africa Centre for Disease Control Declares Mpox a Health Emergency (video)

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The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) on Tuesday, August 13, declared the debilitating Mpox outbreak across the continent, particularly in and around the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a health emergency. The outbreak has surged in several African nations, with the DRC being hit the hardest. A new strain of the virus, first […]

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