H5N1 sparks a very Australian epidemic www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Maeve Cullinan 13 August 2026 at 14:10 Tasmanian devils, platypus and dingoes all at risk of contracting the highly contagious bird flu as the country battles growing case numbers
Ebola outbreak ‘doubling every 20 days’, warns UN chief www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Ben Farmer · Maeve Cullinan 12 August 2026 at 19:07 Congo’s current epidemic is on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016
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 DRC’s capital Kinshasa are detained following the death of a passenger who had already disembarked
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
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
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 continent’s health security finds that investments since Covid-19 have ‘paid off’
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
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
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
Maternal mortality doubles in Ebola outbreak zone as mothers avoid hospitals www.telegraph.co.uk for the latest news from the UK and around the world. By: Sam Peters 14 July 2026 at 08:00 An estimated 63,000 pregnant women are due to give birth in a country that already has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates