Uganda’s parliament has passed a controversial bill authorising military tribunals for civilians, drawing condemnation from opposition figures and rights groups, who accuse the government of ...

According to WHO, this was Uganda’s second Ebola outbreak in less than 3 years. The country’s last Ebola outbreak was also caused by Sudan ebolavirus and marked the first outbreak of the ...

Confirmation of Ebola as the cause of death of a 32-year-old nurse at the Mulago Supra-National Hospital in Uganda in January, was made within 24 hours, thanks to a team from the core genomics ...

Vasundhara Oswal, daughter of Indian-origin billionaire Pankaj Oswal, was last year detained in Uganda for three weeks on false charges of kidnapping and murdering her father's former employee ...

Uganda discharges the last Ebola patients. No new deaths from the contagious virus reported WHO said milestone ‘reflects the power of Uganda’s quick and coordinated response’ ...

Scientists analyzed virus isolates from the ongoing outbreak and found no link to Uganda’s previous outbreak in 2022–23, which resulted in 164 cases of Sudan virus disease and 55 deaths.

US CDC sends health alert on Uganda's Ebola outbreak By Reuters February 6, 202512:06 PM PSTUpdated February 6, 2025 ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that is in the same family as Ebola.

The agency said although no cases have been reported in the U.S., it was issuing an advisory through its health alert network to raise awareness. On January 29, a male nurse working in Uganda's ...

Sudan virus (SUDV) can infect people to cause Sudan virus disease (SVD). Right now, an outbreak of SVD has been detected in Uganda. The first patient, a 32-year-old nurse, died from the illness on ...

This came after Uganda’s Ministry of Health confirmed the outbreak of the Sudan strain of Ebola Virus Disease on January 30, 2025, in Wakiso, Mukono, and Mbale City.