Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Plague cases double in Madagascar as treatment center sent

With dozens dead from a plague outbreak in Madagascar, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Friday it is deploying its first-ever plague treatment center to the island nation.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Plague closes 2 Madagascan universities

Madagascan authorities Thursday ordered two universities to close temporarily as efforts intensify to halt a plague outbreak that has killed 33 people and caused widespread panic.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

In Madagascar, plague outbreak now threatens largest cities

As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar's capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus windows to buy masks from street vendors. Schools have been ...

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