Health & Science

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...

Two employees at Frankfurt Airport have died after contracting malaria in a rare outbreak that health authorities believe was caused by an infected mosquito...

Burundi has interrupted transmission of circulating polio-virus type 2 after more than three years of outbreak response, the World Health Organisation said, marking a...

More than 2,000 people have died from confirmed Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with half of those deaths recorded in the...

The White House has renewed its assertion that COVID-19 most likely originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China, launching an official webpage that...

Nearly 95% of the drinking water consumed in Bujumbura still comes from infrastructure built more than four decades ago, despite being designed to meet...

African leaders have committed to accelerating local production of medicines and vaccines as the continent faces declining international health assistance, placing greater emphasis on...

Burundi is expected to benefit from a new East African Community regional virology hub launched in Uganda on Wednesday, a move aimed at strengthening...

Burundi's government has announced tougher enforcement of nationwide sanitation measures, introducing weekly inspections every Thursday and warning that people who violate hygiene regulations could...