Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was moving faster than any previous one and had a high risk of spreading to other countries in the region.
READ MOREFear of Ebola is keeping pregnant women away from healthcare facilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, raising the risk of stillbirths, premature births and maternal deaths as the country's deadliest Ebola outbreak continues to disrupt routine medical care.
Responders are warning the deadly haemorrhagic virus is spreading at an unprecedented rate, outpacing efforts to slow it in the remote eastern part of the country.
King Mohammed VI,accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan,inaugurated on Monday Mohammed VI International University Hospital Complex of Rabat and ordered the opening of the Agadir University Hos
Eight popular earring designs were found to have excessive levels of cadmium.
'What if I didn't taste the difference in the milk instantly and then gave my newborn a feed in the New Forest?'
Madison Boscoe-Hough,21,was found passed out at the wheel after snorting cocaine and inhaling laughing gas (Picture: Cavendish Press)
The surgery staff had to clean up a 'disgusting mess' when they came to work.
'She held me so tight, like she knew that was the last time I would ever feel or hear her voice again.'
Young women are contracting HIV faster than anyone else in South Africa, with about four out of every 10 new infections coming from just this group, even though they make up only about 8% of the total population. Here’s how an AI chatbot is trying to change that.
Thomas Kwan, who is already serving a life sentence, had admitted to a second plot to kill Patrick O’Hara, 73, by setting up a fake wine club.
A British Airways flight bound for London had to make an emergency landing after four people suffered 'smoke inhalation' on board.
Rwanda’s ambitions to become Africa’s health and biotech hub received a major endorsement this week,as the European Union announced a €95 million ($103 million) investment to bolster the country’
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