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The World Health Organization (WHO) actively responds to anthrax epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...
The county is responding to a potential anthrax outbreak in Gatanga Constituency, after over 600 residents ate meat from a ...
Anthrax is a potentially fatal disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Humans can contract it from infected animals or contaminated animal products.
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has remained free of anthrax since the last reported case to the World Organisation for Animal Health in 1976. In a statement on Sunday (May 11), the Veterinary Services ...
Anthrax, a disease which predominantly affects cattle and buffalos, is not present in Cambodia, confirmed Ly Sovann, director of the Department of Communicable Disease Control (CDC). He reminded the ...
Early concerns of an anthrax outbreak were sparked by the deaths of dozens of buffaloes and hippos. More than 20 suspected human cases and one death have been reported in the Congo and Uganda.
At least 50 hippos die from anthrax in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo Residents warned to avoid wild animals and boil water amid anthrax outbreak.
Anthrax, a severe illness most commonly caused by soil-dwelling bacteria, can infect wild animals when they breathe in spores present in contaminated dirt, plants, or water.
A dead hippo lies in the water due to anthrax killing the animals in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo in this undated handout picture released April 8, 2025.
Roughly 50 hippopotamuses at Africa’s premier nature reserve died from anthrax poisoning, according to park officials. The naturally occurring form of anthrax took down the behemoths in the ...
At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of ...
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