The death rate was dramatically higher among ... don't end up seeking healthcare — then our estimates for the case fatality rate will likely decrease," Lauren Ancel Meyers, an epidemiologist ...

Countries' death rates change over time Because countries' case totals and death tolls are constantly changing as the coronavirus outbreak evolves, their death rates are not static — nor is the ...

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The U.S. has reported its first death due to bird flu, aka H5N1. How deadly is H5N1? Experts discuss bird flu fatality rate amid ongoing outbreak.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said that the country continues to grapple with a diphtheria ...

Tanzania has implemented new health measures following an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the Kagera region.

That would give the virus a 50% case fatality rate, making it extraordinarily lethal – but experts don’t actually think it kills half the people it infects. Because severe cases are more ...

Dr Sebastian Ngmenenso Sandaare, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Daffiama Bussie Issa, has ...

The NCDC, via its official website, said that a total of 41,336 suspected cases of diphtheria had been reported from 37 states.

The claim also spread on other platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, X and Bluesky. Comments indicated that users appeared to believe the claim, with many speculating whether the purported ...