New battery-powered device detects Bundibugyo Ebola virus in thirty minutes
Professor Yasutoshi Kido of the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU), in collaboration with K.K. DNAFORM…
How behaviour and biology decide the outbreak equation
The bugs that cause Ebola, hantavirus and diphtheria are microscopic, but many of the barriers to controlling them…
Get vaccinated: Mpox alert after spike in cases in WA
Health authorities in Western Australia have urged people to be vigilant for mpox and get vaccinated after a…
Illegal and legal wildlife trade fuelling animal-to-human disease transmission, report finds
The global wildlife trade — both legal and illegal — is fuelling animal-to-human disease transmission, according to new…
Study explains why mpox cases can appear weeks after exposure
New Bayesian evidence from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo shows that mpox clade Ib often develops more…
Why mpox cases in Australia in 2025 are a fraction of what they were last year
In the space of three months last year, mpox cases in Australia surged from a very low base.…
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says mpox is no longer a global health emergency
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an…
Second Australian case of new mpox strain detected in south-east Queensland
The second Australian case of a new strain of mpox virus has been detected in south-east Queensland. Queensland…