Paris fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as pest spreads in Europe
© Agence France-Presse Health authorities in Paris fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time on Thursday to…
3 years ago
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For struggling Haiti, return of cholera is a ‘catastrophe’
by Jean Daniel SENAT with Lucie AUBOURG in Washington Agence France-Presse PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- When humanitarian officials in Haiti…
4 years ago
DR Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak
Brazzaville, Congo (AFP) The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that…
4 years ago
Ghana declares end to Marburg virus outbreak: WHO
ACCRA, Ghana (AFP) - Ghana has declared the end of a Marburg virus disease outbreak that was confirmed nearly two…
4 years ago
Over 14% of world has had Lyme disease: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 14 percent of the world's population has had Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne…
4 years ago
Biden warns of potentially ‘consequential’ monkeypox spread
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Monkeypox has caught the attention of US President Joe Biden, who said Sunday that…
4 years ago
Covid-19 compared with other deadly viruses
by Olivier THIBAULT Agence France Presse The global death toll from Covid-19, which is set to pass five million,…
5 years ago
‘No evidence’ woman in Ivory Coast had Ebola: WHO
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- There is "no evidence" that a Guinean woman who tested positive for Ebola after arriving…
5 years ago
Factfile: The Marburg virus, Ebola’s deadly cousin
CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) -- Guinea has recorded the first known case of Marburg virus, a lethal cousin to Ebola,…
5 years ago
China confirms first human case of bird flu strain
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China reported the world's first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but…
5 years ago
Women may mount stronger Covid-19 immune response
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A new study looking at male and female immune responses to…
6 years ago
Intensive farming heightens pandemic risk: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Intensive farming makes future pandemics such as COVID-19 more likely as wild animals…
6 years ago
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