WHO chief visits Congo Ebola epicentre Saturday to urge community action
By Sertac Aktan with AFP, AP Published on 30/05/2026 – 20:23 GMT+2 UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus landed on Saturday…
’Breakneck’ Ebola epidemic in Congo outpaces world’s response
LONDON/NAIROBI/GENEVA – In an Ebola outbreak, hours matter. Yet the response to the deadly and fast-spreading epidemic in…
The Ebola epidemic, imperialism and the political economy of social murder
When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when…
The crisis of public health in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Arijit Chakravarty
On May 16, 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern over…
From the artist who painted with his feet to the splashes of Pollock: abstraction takes over the Centre Pompidou Malaga
Abstraction was not merely a shift in perspective, or a response to the figurative art and realism that…
Report: World Isn’t Any More Prepared For A Pandemic Than It Was Pre-COVID
Topline Investment in global health research, prevention and preparedness has not kept pace with an increasing frequency and…
Who owns the AI boom? South Korea begins to ask
Artificial intelligence A presidential adviser’s ‘people’s dividend’ idea exposes anxieties over concentrated wealth An electronic board in the…
Uncertainty over hantavirus spread complicates global response to cruise ship outbreak
Passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are being repatriated under a patchwork of measures that reflect uncertainty…
MV Hondius cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak arrives in Tenerife
The cruise ship, which was hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, arrived early on Sunday near the Port…
Passengers Will Be Evacuated Soon (Live Updates)
Topline Passengers on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship will soon be evacuated in an operation that will…
New Suspected Hantavirus Case Reported In Spain (Live Updates)
Topline A 32-year-old woman who shared an airplane with a MV Hondius cruise ship passenger who later died…
A strike on a health care centre in Sudan killed at least 64 people, WHO says
A strike on a hospital in Sudan killed 64 people and wounded 89 others, the World Health Organization…