Yellow fever

Measles cases soar 400 percent in Africa this year

Published by Hurriyet on Fri, 04/29/2022 - 08:30

Africa is facing an explosion of preventable diseases due to delays in vaccinating children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on April 28, with measles cases jumping 400 percent.

Twenty African countries reported measles outbreaks in the first quarter of this year, eight more than in the first three months of 2021.

Expert fuels concerns over mosquito threat in Istanbul

Published by Hurriyet on Sat, 07/17/2021 - 06:00

A Turkish academic has raised the alarm over looming disease threats that could be caused by Asian tiger mosquitos which have recently been seen frequently and especially in Istanbul.

Many complaints have been coming in from Istanbul residents who generally get bitten by the Asian tiger mosquito, a carrier of malaria, yellow fever, the West Nile virus and the Zika virus.