public health

Congo Ebola deaths: the toll reached 5,372 among 10,414 confirmed cases, pushing the fatality rate above 50% after a records review in Ituri province.

Pennsylvania measles cases reached 1,426 in 2026, with 88 in the past week, 268 hospitalisations and five confirmed deaths, a 2 November update said.

APHA 2026 opened in San Antonio under the theme Together We Thrive, with speakers on funding cuts, longer lives and daily habits for good health.

WHO TB injectable treatment targets aim for one shot for prevention and three or fewer doses over four months for active TB disease patients.

More Americans now know regular drinking raises cancer risk, with 58% recognising the link in a new Annenberg survey, up five points since February.

Opioid deaths in the United States have fallen to their lowest level since 2017, federal health officials said, as prescribing fell and treatment grew.

Drug-resistant infections now cause 9.7 million illnesses and 50,800 deaths a year in the US, the CDC said in its 2026 threats report, using 2023 data.

India marks World Polio Day on 24 October as a country that has kept the wild poliovirus out for more than a decade, but...

Toledo chemical leak update: 57 people were treated after a Toledo tank released a toxic chemical, and officials lifted the shelter-in-place order Oct. 22.

Gadchiroli district carries over half of Maharashtra's malaria cases, and the Gadchiroli malaria fight will decide India's 2030 elimination goal.