Suspected Ebola case on packed Congo river boat sparks testing rush www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 6 August 2026 at 20:37 More than 200 people headed for DRCโs capital Kinshasa are detained following the death of a passenger who had already disembarked
El Nino could cause explosion of rabid seals, animal health experts warn www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 6 August 2026 at 14:55 Changing patterns in fish stocks may drive uninfected migrating seals into rabid populations
Ebola outbreak outpacing containment effort, WHO chief warns www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan ยท Ben Farmer ยท Sarah Newey 5 August 2026 at 21:06 New cases have doubled in some hotspots over the past week, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns
The underground lab where โprincess mosquitoesโ are treated like royalty www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Arthur Scott-Geddes ยท Simon Townsley 5 August 2026 at 08:00 Beneath the streets of London, native British mosquitoes are being bred for the first time to help scientists get ahead of disease threats
Inside the trial for a vaccine to end malaria www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan ยท Paul Nuki 3 August 2026 at 08:50 Volunteers in Oxford are testing an experimental jab against an ancient killer
Battle rages over access to new โmiracleโ HIV drug www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Lilia Sebouai 31 July 2026 at 18:31 Trials show Lenacapavir can all but eliminate infection. Yet in the Latin American countries where it was tested almost no one can get it
Arsonists torch more Ebola clinics as misinformation spirals in DRC www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 30 July 2026 at 18:54 At least a dozen facilities have now been attacked since Congo declared its outbreak
New drug for super-gonorrhoea points to better antibiotic development www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Peter Beyer 30 July 2026 at 17:51 It is possible to break the cycle that has left much of the world waiting years for new antibiotics
Race for vaccine against new Ebola strain gets $8.5m boost www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Sarah Newey 30 July 2026 at 12:59 Vaccine candidate is a Bundibugyo version of the Ervebo shot, which has already been approved for Ebola Zaire
AMR chatbot could prevent drug-resistant infections in African hospitals www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 29 July 2026 at 19:38 Developers say the phone-based tool, which advises medics on how to prescribe antibiotics, has already helped raise the quality of care
Explosive mpox outbreak causes 3,000 cases in Madagascar www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Verity Bowman 28 July 2026 at 17:47 The epidemic has been linked to Clade 1b mpox, a strain that emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Musk passed โslow death sentenceโ on HIV patients by cutting US spending, says head of UNAIDS www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Lilia Sebouai 27 July 2026 at 21:01 Executive director of the UN body tells the Telegraph that claims made by the worldโs richest man were born of ignorance
Africa improves health defences, but it remains vulnerable to pandemics www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 24 July 2026 at 12:39 Review of the continentโs health security finds that investments since Covid-19 have โpaid offโ
Ebola death toll passes 1,000 as outbreak shows no signs of slowing www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 23 July 2026 at 18:57 Dozens of fatalities are being recorded each day in what could become the worst ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever
India approves first dengue vaccine as cases surge in South Asia www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Samaan Lateef ยท Sarah Newey 20 July 2026 at 19:44 The threat posed by dengue has been rising around the world for years thanks to climate change, urbanisation and international travel
Whatโs causing an โexplosive diarrhoeaโ outbreak in the US and how can you avoid it? www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 17 July 2026 at 18:57 Some 34 states have now reported cases of severe stomach bug linked to contaminated food
US aid workers move into controversial new Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer 17 July 2026 at 15:43 The facility, which triggered widespread public opposition, has been opened despite court intervention
Dengue outbreak complicates Bangladesh measles crisis response www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Verity Bowman 15 July 2026 at 19:21 Experts warn the dual epidemics are putting even more lives at risk
Ebola outbreak threatens to halt pioneering UK-backed kidney transplant programme www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 14 July 2026 at 14:53 Surgeons from Manchester due to travel to Uganda may be forced to cancel if the outbreak is still active