NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jeremy Konyndyk, who oversaw USAID's response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, if cuts to the agency leave the U.S. more vulnerable to infectious disease.

The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts ...

The World Health Organization says the 4-year-old passed away this week at Mulago Hospital in the capital, Kampala.

Ebola in Uganda raising concerns of spreading outbreak - There are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's ...

Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said, citing the country’s health ministry.

Uganda's Ebola outbreak takes a concerning turn with a child's death, highlighting surveillance challenges and funding issues ...

The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts ...

Virologist and vaccine expert, Dr. Peter Hotez, tells 'Democracy Now! on the recent measles outbreak and vaccines: DR. PETER ...

A mystery illness has caused dozens of deaths​ in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A "poisoning of a water source" may be a cause, the WHO says.

Hours after billionaire Elon Musk told the president's Cabinet that the U.S. had quickly restored previously canceled ...

The World Health Organization is investigating "another cluster of illness" in northern Congo, as a deadly mystery disease ...