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Six people were killed and 38 injured in a strike by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a hospital in Omdurman, the health ministry in Khartoum province said on Tuesday.

Sudan Virus Disease (SVD), a deadly illness related to ebola, has become a serious public health threat in Uganda ...

In a global first, Uganda's Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at ...