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October 24, 2025 3:09 PM

US reports highest measles cases since 1992

The United States has recorded 1,618 measles cases and three deaths so far this year — the highest number of infections since 1992, according to data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of the total, 1,595 cases we...

October 21, 2025 2:12 PM

France raises bird flu alert level to ‘high’ after new cases

France has raised its bird flu alert level to 'high' from 'moderate', requiring poultry farms nationwide to keep birds indoors as Europe faces a seasonal resurgence of the disease. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, is a se...

October 21, 2025 12:51 PM

UN sounds alarm over collapse of health system in Congo

Eighty-five per cent of health facilities in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are affected by shortages of medicine, while nearly 40 per cent have experienced an exodus of health staff, a UN sp...

 

Last updated on: 27th Oct 2025