News and analysis from across Iraq
Health news from Iraq: hospitals, public health programs, medical research, pharmacies and wellness updates across Iraqi provinces.
A rare inherited genetic mutation increases a person's overall risk of developing lung cancer by approximately 25 times and by roughly 60 times among non-smokers, according to a study published...
The World Health Organization says Ebola transmission is declining in some of the hardest-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The improvement is most visible in parts of...
New York City health officials detected Legionella DNA in a Yankee Stadium cooling tower during an investigation into a South Bronx outbreak. The city had confirmed 11 Legionnaires’ disease cases...
Health authorities intensify Ebola response The World Health Organization has expanded laboratory testing, treatment capacity and field operations across affected areas. WHO has shipped more than 330 tonnes of emergency...
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo launched a targeted Ebola vaccination campaign in Kisangani, the capital of Tshopo Province, in an effort to curb the country’s deadliest...
The European Commission has expanded its Ebola response with a €2.1 million purchase of PCR tests for the Bundibugyo virus outbreak. The agreement covers open-platform tests that laboratories can use...
Australian researchers from Adelaide University and the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute have identified a novel molecular switch that drives the spread of aggressive tumors. Published in EMBO Molecular Medicine,...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo will receive 70,000 Ervebo Ebola vaccine doses as the Bundibugyo outbreak expands. Congolese authorities reported 5,208 confirmed cases and 2,476 deaths as of Aug....
WHO incident manager Thierno Baldé said the three-month timeline depends on securing the resources required for the response. The agency has received about $69.3 million of the $115 million it...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 26,064,143 malaria cases in 2025. The country also reported 29,938 deaths linked to the disease during the year. Guy Esebe Dembo, deputy director...
DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed 1,916 people and produced 4,209 confirmed cases, according to official data through Aug. 7. That raises the death toll 29 above the 1,887 figure...
The statistical findings also show that high BMI resulted in over 150,000 lost years of life across all demographic groups in a single year. The comprehensive epidemiological investigation examined underlying...
