COVID-19

ADF STAFF After visiting Kyiv, Ukraine, in April, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres took a delayed trip to the Sahel to focus international attention on the deteriorating security situation there. His dilemma, and that of…

ADF STAFF Maliko Sempewo’s wife and son are among more than 140 people who have died from Ebola since the virus appeared in Uganda in September. “They said that we must be under surveillance for at least 21 days,” Sempewo told Deutsche…

ADF STAFF As the virus that causes COVID-19 has mutated and evolved throughout the pandemic, its symptoms also have changed. Research by the Zoe Health Study, formerly known as the COVID Symptom Study, shows how variants have changed the…

ADF STAFF The idea of a COVID-19 hybrid that fuses the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19 is concerning scientists. Delta, which first emerged in the spring of 2021, attacks the lungs and has a higher mortality rate than previous…

ADF STAFF One of the key features of the condition known as long COVID is “brain fog,” a persistent problem some people have processing information and organizing their thoughts. New research suggests that brain fog may be connected to…

ADF STAFF The oxygen generation plant at Namibia’s Onandjokwe Hospital got a roughly $1 million upgrade that will help it better care for severely ill COVID-19 patients. The upgraded plant opened in early October. It was funded…

ADF STAFF Life is seemingly returning to normal in many areas, but the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, as reporting from the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests. In late October, the organization reported that more than…

ADF STAFF Deep inside every human cell, tiny structures known as mitochondria serve as the powerhouse, providing the energy needed for the lungs to breathe, the heart to beat and muscles to contract. New research indicates that COVID-19…

ADF STAFF The days of a single strain of COVID-19 circling the globe appear to be over. The future, according to researchers, may see many different versions of the virus arising in different parts of the world at the same time. That’s…

ADF STAFF Almost three years after it was first declared a pandemic, the World Health Organization says COVID-19 remains a global threat. While cases are falling in parts of the world, WHO officials say countries still need to be…