China Issues an Alert About Bubonic Plague—Here’s What You Need to Know About This Deadly Disease

You can still contract this infectious disease, aptly nicknamed the “black death.” DR_MICROBE/GETTY IMAGES While the world is still battling the new coronavirus, an ancient disease has reared its head in China. On July 5, a herdsman in Inner Mongolia … Read More

Tick and Mosquito Infections Spreading Rapidly, C.D.C. Finds

More Americans are living in wooded suburbs near deer, which carry the ticks that spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, babesiosis, rabbit fever and Powassan virus. Farewell, carefree days of summer. The number of people getting diseases transmitted … Read More

Africa girl dies of new eye-bleeding fever, feared to be worse than Black Death

Nine-year-old died in central Uganda with symptoms of an eye-bleeding disease which could kill up to 40 per cent of those infected by it.  The outbreak comes months after hundreds of people were killed by the plague in Madagascar in … Read More

5 deadly diseases that could hit South Africa

Reports of the recent plague outbreak in Madagascar were scary. But what about other diseases and epidemics we should be looking out for?   These are the diseases that could probably strike SA.  ~  On 26 October 2017 Health24 reported … Read More

Madagascar Plague Death Toll Rises to 195

The plague currently ravaging Madagascar has proved “resilient” to antibiotics because it is extremely rare, an expert has warned. It comes as the death toll for the disease rises to 165 and 10 neighbouring countries are put on alert, according to the … Read More

More than 2,000 infected with plague in Madagascar in the worst outbreak in 50 years

AKIPRESS.COM –  Madagascar’s healthcare system will be unable to cope if the deadly plague outbreak continues to escalate, a scientist has warned. Scores of doctors and nurses have been struck down with the disease, which is predicted to gather momentum in … Read More

New ‘Black Death’ FOUND: Deadly virus WORSE than plague and with no CURE breaks out – WHO

A DEADLY outbreak of a rare and highly fatal virus has broken out in eastern Uganda and five cases have already been identified, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed. The disease, known as Marburg virus disease (MVD), is similar … Read More