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MacArthur Foundation awards $100M to outbreak surveillance network, a boost amid global health cuts 11/18/2025 12:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The MacArthur Foundation is awarding $100 million to a private pandemic prevention network across Africa, offering critical support to infectious disease surveillance at a time when governments are reducing global health spending. It was announced Tuesday that Sentinel — a projec Eswatini is the first African country to get twice-yearly HIV prevention shot 11/18/2025 09:39am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed tens of millions of people across the continent. Dev Ethiopia confirms first Marburg outbreak as WHO lauds country's fast action 11/17/2025 12:08pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia on Friday confirmed its first Marburg outbreak after nine cases were identified in a southern region of the country that borders South Sudan. The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the Ethiopian government’s fast action, s Ethiopia confirms 3 Marburg virus deaths in new outbreak 11/17/2025 12:03pm • ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Monday confirmed three deaths from the Marburg hemorrhagic virus that has been detected in an area neighboring South Sudan. Health Minister Mekdes Daba said Ethiopia's government, which declared a Marburg outbreak on Friday, had conducted tests in 17 suspec Pakistan launches drive to vaccinate 57 million children against measles, rubella and polio 11/17/2025 09:04am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Monday began a two-week nationwide vaccination campaign targeting more than 57 million children, aiming to curb rising cases of measles, rubella and polio, the country’s National Emergency Operations Center said. The drive, running through Nov. 29, will provide measl Washington resident is infected with a different type of bird flu 11/14/2025 06:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Washington state resident has bird flu, and it's a different type than what was seen in previous infections, state health officials said Friday. It is the nation’s first human case of bird flu since February. The older adult with underlying health conditions remains hospitalize Preliminary case of bird flu in Washington state would be U.S.'s first in 9 months 11/13/2025 06:59pm • Health officials in Washington state say they have identified the nation's first human case of bird flu since February, pending confirmatory testing. A Grays Harbor County, Washington, resident preliminarily tested positive for the infection, the Washington State Department of Health said Thursday. Ethiopia investigates possible outbreak of new viral hemorrhagic fever after 8 people are infected 11/13/2025 10:11am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African health authorities on Thursday confirmed a possible outbreak of an unidentified viral hemorrhagic fever in southern Ethiopia that is under investigation after eight suspected cases were reported. Ethiopia's Health Ministry is expected to announce the results of the on UK commits to ensuring 'poignant' COVID memorial wall in London will be preserved 11/13/2025 08:29am • LONDON (AP) — The British government said Thursday that a memorial wall in London created by those who lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic will be preserved. In a statement, it said that the 8-foot-high (2½-meter-high) Portland stone wall on the south side of the River Thames, directl Vaccines You Need Before Traveling 11/12/2025 07:00pm • In 2024, Dianne Elliot took a three-week, seven-country trip that included stops in the United Kingdom, Egypt, India, Cambodia, Jordan, Indonesia and Oman. Some of those countries require specific vaccinations for entry. Others have no requirements, but because of disease outbreaks and endemic disea Vaccination in Nursing Homes 11/12/2025 07:00pm • Every fall and winter, the United States sees an uptick in the number of people who fall ill to influenza and other seasonal infections. This flu season typically stretches from October to May, with December through February as peak months. Some years are worse than others, and the 2024 to 2025 seas Can You Fly While Pregnant? 11/12/2025 07:00pm • When treating newly pregnant patients, Dr. Kylie Fuller, an OBGYN at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center in Pomona Valley, California, says one of the first questions people ask her is whether or not they can fly. "They ask if they are safe to travel, how far into pregnancy they can be, what are s Recommended Vaccines for Pregnant Women 11/11/2025 07:00pm • Pregnancy is often an exciting time in people's lives -- and one that's filled with anticipation and routine doctor's appointments. However, despite health care providers' recommendations, research suggests that as many as one-third of pregnant people choose to skip vaccinations for preventable infe Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks 11/10/2025 05:09pm • Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, international health experts said Monday, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America. The loss of the country’s measles elimination status comes more than a year after the How friends in South Carolina are restoring a wetland and bringing their neighborhood together 11/08/2025 12:39pm • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As the October night deepened and her bedtime approached, Joel Caldwell's 4-year-old daughter huddled with her dad, dangling a stick she pretended was a fishing pole over a creek that has become Caldwell's passion project for nearly the entirety of his daughter's life. “I