WHO chief says Trump vaccine push goes against ‘decades of evidence’
The US health secretary has spent years saying the MMR vaccine caused autism despite no medical evidence.

The US health secretary has spent years saying the MMR vaccine caused autism despite no medical evidence.










France and Spain have deployed thousands of firefighters, and neighbouring countries have sent help.

Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have gone on strike.
WHO declares cruise-linked hantavirus outbreak over as final exposed person completes quarantine and tests negative.

Rats infest Gaza’s camps, where sewage and tents full of waste spread disease as families live without sanitation.
The patient is in isolation, following strict biosafety protocols to prevent risk of spread in France.
The HPV vaccine has reduced the risk of cervical cancer death before age 30 to effectively zero in the United Kingdom.
The virus is spreading faster than health workers can track it and international funding has slumped.

Seven patients have left an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, having recovered.
The number of confirmed cases in the country has increased to 837, including 196 deaths.

A growing sense of mistrust is hampering efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.