Guinea on Thursday questioned the diagnosis made by Côte d’Ivoire on a young Guinean woman who recently tested positive for Ebola in Abidjan, with Ivorian authorities saying they had no “doubts”. The Guinean Minister of Health, Remy Lamah on Thursday demanded that Côte d’Ivoire carry out a new analysis. He also stressed in the letter […]
Since mid-August, Niger is facing a cholera epidemic due to floods caused by heavy rains recorded in the country. More than 800 cases have been recorded across the West African country including in the capital Niamey. According to the Nigerien Minister of Health, Dr. Idi Illiassou Mainassanara, this situation has prompted the health system to […]
Forty-nine cases of people having been in contact with a young Guinean woman who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Abidjan, have been identified so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The young Guinean woman had left the town of Labé in Guinea last week to travel to the Ivorian economic capital, […]
The Gambia declared a “public health emergency” on Wednesday after two cases of poliovirus were found in environmental sewage samples. A new sampling policy was put in place in the Gambia in May, with the support of the World Health Organization. “Two samples taken from sewers in Banjul and Kotu (a tourist town near Banjul) […]
Adults younger than age 60 whose days are filled with sedentary leisure time (which includes using the computer, TV, or reading) and little physical activity have a higher stroke risk than people who are more physically active, according to new research published today in Stroke. According to American Heart Association statistics, U.S. adults spend an average of […]
