Health & Science

Burundi is giving local authorities a larger role in managing school feeding, with the World Food Programme (WFP) helping communes buy food, monitor supplies...

The United States has launched a new health initiative in Burundi that will work with faith-based organizations and community health facilities to expand access...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 9,704 confirmed cases of Bundibugyo virus disease and 4,687 deaths, as the World Health Organisation urges...

African health ministers will meet virtually on Oct. 28 as an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus continues to spread, with cases reported...

Kenya has confirmed four additional cases of Ebola, including three health workers who treated the country’s first patient, bringing the total number of confirmed...

Kenya has confirmed its first case of Ebola after a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo tested positive...

American scientist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries...

The East African Community is seeking about $45 million to strengthen the region's ability to detect and respond to Ebola and other high-consequence infectious...

Tanzania has urged the East African Community (EAC) to overhaul its proposed regional seed law, warning that efforts to create a common seed market...

There is a cognitive bias called “the curse of knowledge” (sometimes also called “the curse of expertise”). It happens when you incorrectly assume that...