Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second Largest on Record
The DRC Ebola outbreak has reached 4,665 cases and 2,184 deaths across six provinces, with no vaccine approved for the...
August 15, 2026Topic
Epidemic
Cameroon Cholera Epidemic Surges In Far North With 25 Deaths
Cameroon's Far North region has recorded 754 cholera cases and 25 deaths since June 2026, with the outbreak spreading across...
August 10, 2026
DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Nears 1,000 Deaths, No Vaccine
The DR Congo has recorded 999 confirmed Ebola deaths from 2,473 cases, a 40.4% fatality rate. The rare Bundibugyo strain...
July 24, 2026
Covid-19: Brazil has vaccinated 22% of the population with first dose
46,496,583 Brazilians have been immunized with at least one vaccine dose, 22,408,928 have been fully immunized, according to from June...
June 2, 2021
Brazilians in Limbo Both Here and in China Due to Coronavirus
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The thirty-four Brazilians, whom the government sent two air force planes to pick up in Wuhan,...
February 11, 2020
Rio de Janeiro Confirms Two Cases of Measles in Centro
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, July 9th, Rio de Janeiro's Secretary of Health...
July 10, 2018
Possible Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil’s Minas Gerais State
According to authorities there are already 133 suspected cases of the disease and 38 suspicious deaths linked to the virus.
January 16, 2017
Officials Worry About Chikungunya Virus Epidemic in Rio de Janeiro
The official warns that unlike dengue, persons infected with the chikungunya virus may develop chronic joint problems for months or...
December 21, 2016
Opinion: Who’s Afraid of Yellow Fever? Why We Should Be
There hasn't been a yellow fever epidemic in Rio for over one hundred years, when the rich escaped to the...
April 22, 2016