Drawing on more than 20 years of data, an independent review found strong evidence that HPV vaccines safely prevent cervical cancer. 8 May 2026 by Linda Geddes HPV vaccination day at a primary school in Eswatini. Credit: Gavi/2025/Svetlomir Slavchev. At a glance Researchers at the Vaccine Integrity Project analysed hundreds of studies published over more…
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that could allow doctors to continuously monitor a baby’s blood flow during pregnancy, potentially helping detect complications earlier and reduce the risk of stillbirth. The study, published May 26 in Nature Biotechnology, was led by Professor Antoniya Georgieva of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of…
The Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Public Health Emergency Operations Centre has raised concern over persistent malaria, tuberculosis and measles cases across northern Uganda in its epidemiological bulletin for week 20 of 2026. The bulletin, released for the reporting week ending May 17, 2026, highlighted low reporting rates in Gulu District and Gulu City, warning that…
Uganda detected new incidents of Ebola Virus Disease and Rift Valley Fever during epidemiological week 20, according to the Ministry of Health’s weekly epidemiological bulletin released for the period of May 11–17, 2026. The bulletin said two public health incidents were identified during the reporting week: Ebola Virus Disease in Kampala and Rift Valley Fever…
Thailand has announced mandatory 21-day quarantine measures for travellers arriving from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over fears of the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), following a recent outbreak in the region. The new restrictions, which take effect from 6:00 pm on May 27, 2026, were approved by Thailand’s National Communicable…
Canada has announced sweeping temporary border and immigration restrictions affecting travellers and residents from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan over concerns about the Ebola outbreak in the region. The Government of Canada said, in a statement, that the measures are aimed at preventing the Ebola virus from entering and spreading…
Lira Regional Referral Hospital has received modern pediatric theater equipment worth about 500 million Ugandan shillings ($135,000) from Kids Operating Room, a United Kingdom-based charity supporting children’s surgical care. Hospital officials said the donation will support the operationalization of the facility’s new state-of-the-art children’s surgical ward and improve access to specialized pediatric surgery services in…
The Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) has officially confirmed that the Diocese of Kasese will animate the national Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations in 2027, following the suspension of this year’s centralised celebrations at Namugongo due to Ebola concerns. In a pastoral statement issued on Tuesday evening, the Catholic bishops announced that the annual national gathering at…
The Soroti Catholic Diocese has postponed the planned homecoming celebration for Bishop Simon Peter Engurait, the Ugandan-born bishop of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana, because of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda. Bishop Engurait had been scheduled to make his first visit to Uganda since his installation as bishop in the United States on Sept. 5, 2025.…
Authorities in western Uganda’s Ntoroko District have delayed the reopening of schools for the second term by three days to allow schools to put in place Ebola prevention measures following heightened alerts along the Uganda–Democratic Republic of Congo border. Schools across Uganda officially reopened Monday for the second term of 2026. However, under a directive…