President Samia Suluhu Hassan has directed the newly appointed Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Grace Magembe, to effectively ...

Tanzania is grappling with a new outbreak do the deadly Marburg virus disease which has already claimed at least eight lives ...

The Africa CDC emphasised its collaboration with the Tanzanian authorities to ensure coordinated efforts and high-level political commitment to the response.

Ugandan officials said the country was on high alert to prevent the spread of Marburg virus disease (MVD) following an ...

One "confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak" in Tanzania since 2023, the president told a press briefing ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared an outbreak of Marburg virus, confirming a single case in the northwestern region of Kagera after a meeting with WHO director-general Tedros ...

One of President Trump’s first executive orders removes the U.S. from the global health organization, which experts say is ...

The support is designed to speed development of well-matched H5N1 vaccines and pave the way for vaccines against other ...

In this study, the authors estimated that Paxlovid reduced the risk of hospitalization by 39% (95% confidence interval [CI], 36% to 41%), with an absolute risk reduction of 0.9 percentage points. The ...

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in the Kagera region of Tanzania has been linked to nine suspected cases and eight deaths, ...

Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests.

Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment, originates in fruit ...