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The World Health Organization says more than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year. That’s the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track.

Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus.

This strain of the virus is known to be more severe, but it’s behaving differently from its usual patterns.

The World Health Organization has declared the increasing spread of mpox in Africa a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.

The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern over a spreading outbreak of mpox first seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Cases are confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries, and a new form of the virus is spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the African continent.

The regional office of the World Health Organization say that’s three times more cases than reported at this point last year.

The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak.

Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes.

The artificial sweetener is common in diet sodas and other low-calorie sweet foods.

The World Health Organization says the global outbreak of mpox is no longer an international emergency.