Science & Health

The world isn’t better prepared for pandemics a decade after Ebola exposed dangerous gaps. And six years after COVID-19 turned those gaps into a global catastrophe.

According to the WHO, as of 19 May 2026 the DRC had recorded more than 500 cases and 130 deaths, while its neighbour (Uganda) had recorded two cases and one death.

HIV remains one of the biggest public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that accounts for approximately two-thirds of about 40 million people living with HIV globally.

Acoziborole will allow doctors to reach the most remote areas, where the last remaining pockets of the disease are. In 1998, nearly 40,000 cases were reported across Africa, and experts believe more than 300,000 others were never diagnosed.

A common virus that infects most people worldwide is now implicated in triggering Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus).

A 60-year-old German man, who received a stem cell transplant in 2015 to treat acute myeloid leukemia, now appears to have achieved long-lasting remission of HIV after discontinuing antiretroviral therapy in 2018.

HIV treatment has delivered life-altering advantages. Antiretroviral therapy has led to a reduced mortality and improved life expectancy for people living with HIV.