Restrictions placed on the dairy industry by the South African government to curb an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease places it at serious risk, said one of the country’s leading dairy companies.

Restrictions placed on the dairy industry by the South African government to curb an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease places it at serious risk, said one of the country’s leading dairy companies.

The peace of lush, rural landscape in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province disguises the anxiety that is stalking the land.

THE Tanzanian government, in collaboration with South Korea, has noted a remarkable progress in the implementation of the project to improve the National Public Health Laboratory in combating ...

Without the AU, the continent would have weaker bargaining power and slower coordination on issues that touch public life.

Dar es Salaam. The Ministry of Health, through the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization ...

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you've never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee supply ...

Sickle cell anemia (HbSS) is the homozygous dominant variant and the most common and severe form of the disease. Whereas patients who only inherited one gene encoding for abnormal HbS and a different ...

Viral mimic systems and other tech platforms could enable local testing of vaccine candidates and antiviral therapies. This ...

During 2024, the number of pandemic-prone and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks worldwide was estimated at 301. The data highlight a shift in disease outbreak patterns, with a decline in the number of ...

South Africa has finally declared its foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak a national disaster and is now embarking on a ...