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Some public health experts predict that Wednesday’s extension will be the last.

Uganda declared an official end to its Ebola outbreak, easing fears that the deadly virus would spread beyond the country’s borders.

Australia scrapped its airline mask mandates in September, but global health officials are encouraging passengers to reconsider as the latest Omicron subvariant spreads rapidly.

XBB.1.5, better known as Kraken, is a subvariant currently on the rise in Europe as WHO officials confirmed they are monitoring its growth

XBB 1.5 is a descendant of the Omicron variant

Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday. In Europe, the XBB.1.5 subvariant was detected in small but growing numbers, WHO/Europe officials said at…

Continued dominance can be explained by its increased capacity to spread between people

Mpox is no longer the exploding health crisis that it appeared to be less than six months ago

A World Health Organization committee will meet on Jan. 27 to consider whether the COVID-19 pandemic still represents a global emergency, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, three years after it was first declared.