Uganda health news today: Cancer, Diabetes, Vaccines
Google's edition for Uganda carries mostly international coverage; the country's own outlets appear among it.
Today's themes
Cancer (14) · Diabetes (5) · Vaccines (5) · Doctors and nurses (3) · Hospitals (3) · Flu (3) · Mental health (3) · Viruses (3) · Hepatitis (2) · Infections (2)
Mentions of tracked outbreaks
- Dengue Attention: elevated
Dengue Epidemiological Situation in the Region of the Americas - Epidemiological Week 38, 2026 ReliefWeb · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC - Hepatitis A outbreak, Costa Rica moderate
Projected Effect of 2026 Federal Changes to the Childhood Immunization Schedule on Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infections in the United States | Annals of Internal Medicine ACP Journals · 19 Oct, 21:55 UTC - Poliovirus (wild and vaccine-derived) Attention: elevated
Pakistan reports 7th polio case of the year, 1st case in Karachi in nearly 2 years Outbreak News Today · 19 Oct, 21:36 UTC - Avian influenza H5N1 Attention: high
CHMP Backs Extended Use of AstraZeneca H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccine Contagion Live · 19 Oct, 21:22 UTC - Hepatitis A outbreak, Costa Rica moderate
Study Warns of More Chronic Hepatitis B in the Years Ahead MedPage Today · 19 Oct, 21:16 UTC - Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda high
WHO scales up Bundibugyo virus disease readiness in the Eastern Mediterranean Region amid conflict and displacement World Health Organization (WHO) · 19 Oct, 21:02 UTC
All headlines
- Argonne's Aurora Supercomputer Powers 2 of the Largest Cosmological Simulations to Date HPCwire · 20 Oct, 03:26 UTC
- Scientists reach the ultimate quantum limit on a surface Science Daily · 20 Oct, 03:04 UTC
- Could government tax the rich more? Daily Monitor · 20 Oct, 03:00 UTC
- AI Tells Women To Negotiate For Flexibility And Men To Negotiate For Money, Study Finds Forbes · 20 Oct, 02:41 UTC
- NASA solves a strange mystery hidden inside asteroid Bennu’s boulders Science Daily · 20 Oct, 02:25 UTC
- Nanoscale tech tracks proteins inside living neurons to guide Alzheimer's and Parkinson's drug discovery Phys.org · 20 Oct, 01:00 UTC
- Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples AP News · 20 Oct, 00:54 UTC
- Why painful arthritis can return stronger after cancer treatment Science Daily · 20 Oct, 00:50 UTC
- Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur Sci.News · 20 Oct, 00:27 UTC
- Exiled critic of Rwandan president found beheaded in Uganda Al Jazeera · 20 Oct, 00:22 UTC
- Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger As They Age ScienceAlert · 20 Oct, 00:01 UTC
- How to Stream San Antonio Spurs 2026-27 NBA Season Games With DAZN The Hollywood Reporter · 19 Oct, 23:55 UTC
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers: Tuesday, October 20 (Duck Duck Goose) Yahoo News Singapore · 19 Oct, 23:50 UTC
- Molecular switch controls how cells load cargo for recycling Phys.org · 19 Oct, 23:40 UTC
- ‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos The Guardian · 19 Oct, 23:38 UTC
- Analysts Expect Touch-Screen MacBook Pro Debut at Apple’s Oct. 28 Event PYMNTS.com · 19 Oct, 22:58 UTC
- Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says TechCrunch · 19 Oct, 22:49 UTC
- Researchers unlock new way to map molecular structure on surfaces Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:40 UTC
- Who speaks for Mars? Scientists call for ethical debate before terraforming begins Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
- Synthetic molecules self-assemble into triple helices with new control method Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
- Estimated Arrival Dates for DF Readers’ Pre-Ordered iPhone Duos Daring Fireball · 19 Oct, 22:16 UTC
- Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’ has audiences filling theaters NPR · 19 Oct, 22:16 UTC
- Webb Captures the Golden Galaxy Cluster in All it's Glory Universe Today · 19 Oct, 22:02 UTC
- HomePod mini 2's Sound Glow feature is coming to other HomePod models AppleInsider · 19 Oct, 21:37 UTC
- Xbox Manager Admits AI Use, Builds Game in 3 Hours [2026] https://tech-insider.org/ · 19 Oct, 21:25 UTC
- Maddison shines on return - Tottenham v Coventry ratings Yahoo Sports · 19 Oct, 21:09 UTC
- WHO scales up Bundibugyo virus disease readiness in the Eastern Mediterranean Region amid conflict and displacement World Health Organization (WHO) · 19 Oct, 21:02 UTC
- How enzymes locally block cell wall repair, allowing cells to fuse in an irreversible manner Phys.org · 19 Oct, 21:00 UTC
- Japan launches spacecraft to Mars' moon in mission to bring back soil samples PBS · 19 Oct, 20:54 UTC
- Cosmic 'hamburger' offers rare edge-on view of where giant planets may take shape Phys.org · 19 Oct, 20:20 UTC
- Apple reveals iPhone Duo battery size, screen hardness details Mashable · 19 Oct, 20:17 UTC
- Japan Launches Probe in First Sampling Mission to a Moon of Mars Bloomberg · 19 Oct, 20:05 UTC
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram and Answers for Tuesday, Oct. 20, #961 CNET · 19 Oct, 20:00 UTC
- The ESA's Euclid Space Telescope Has Discovered A New Comet Universe Today · 19 Oct, 19:56 UTC
- Japan launches historic MMX sample-return mission to Mars' moon Phobos Space · 19 Oct, 19:53 UTC
- ConnectWise suspends Cloud Backup service after supply chain attack The Record from Recorded Future News · 19 Oct, 19:48 UTC
- On this day in space! Oct. 19, 2016: Europe's ExoMars orbiter and Schiaparelli lander arrive at Mars Space · 19 Oct, 19:40 UTC
- Pallaso returns to South African school where he was beaten during 2020 xenophobic attacks Mbu · 19 Oct, 19:30 UTC
- Pharmacists body derecognises MUST pharmacy degree, demands student transfers Daily Monitor · 19 Oct, 19:28 UTC
- Nakhupa Church Of Uganda Primary School in sorry state NTV Uganda · 19 Oct, 19:08 UTC
Health
- GLP-1 Drugs and Mental Health: Effects on Depression and Anxiety News-Medical · 20 Oct, 02:52 UTC
- How GLP-1 Medications Affect PCOS, Fertility, and Pregnancy News-Medical · 20 Oct, 02:36 UTC
- Riboscience to Present First Overall Survival and Immune Activation Data from Phase 1b Study of ENPP1 Inhibitor RBS2418 as Monotherapy and in Combination in Advanced Metastatic Cancers Including MSS CRC, at ESMO 2026 BioSpace · 20 Oct, 01:40 UTC
- Q&A: How does technology help track foodborne pathogens and outbreaks? Phys.org · 20 Oct, 01:40 UTC
- A study of 62.5 million people reveals what broad ethnic labels miss about rare diseases News-Medical · 20 Oct, 01:13 UTC
- Why painful arthritis can return stronger after cancer treatment Science Daily · 20 Oct, 00:51 UTC
- Research shows risk-taking behavior precedes increased alcohol consumption, not vice versa Medical Xpress · 20 Oct, 00:40 UTC
- Could eating whey protein before meals help reduce blood sugar spikes? News-Medical · 20 Oct, 00:26 UTC
- Distinguished clinician-scientist Professor Marcus Ong is first Singaporean emergency medicine physician elected to National Academy of Medicine, USA Taiwan News · 20 Oct, 00:15 UTC
- Distinguished clinician-scientist Professor Marcus Ong is first Singaporean emergency medicine physician elected to National Academy of Medicine, USA Yahoo Finance · 20 Oct, 00:15 UTC
- Individualized Cardiac Index–Guided Hemodynamic Therapy in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Elective Major Abdominal Surgery Research Summary JAMA · 20 Oct, 00:13 UTC
- Early Findings Indicate Multiomic Atlas Maps Bipolar Disorder Risk at Single-Cell Resolution Technology Networks · 20 Oct, 00:06 UTC
- Ketamine linked to modest reduction in early postpartum depression symptoms after caesarean section FirstWord Pharma · 20 Oct, 00:01 UTC
- Dr. Charles Roberts, the new president and CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital [IMAGE] EurekAlert! · 19 Oct, 23:48 UTC
- New 4D biofabrication technology holds promise for tissue engineering, wound healing Phys.org · 19 Oct, 23:40 UTC
- Fruit and sugary drinks stood out in a three-year study of teenage mental health News-Medical · 19 Oct, 23:39 UTC
- Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening Fox News · 19 Oct, 23:34 UTC
- The Reading Room Podcast: A Closer Look at New Research on 177Lu-Edotreotide for Treating GEP-NETs Diagnostic Imaging · 19 Oct, 23:25 UTC
- Higher ADK levels track stronger triciribine effects in leukemia cells, pointing to a potential biomarker Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 23:20 UTC
- Body clock imbalance and genes jointly increase psoriasis risk EurekAlert! · 19 Oct, 23:19 UTC
- How to prevent osteoporosis, from strength training to eating calcium-rich food South China Morning Post · 19 Oct, 23:15 UTC
- How to prevent osteoporosis, from training to eating calcium-rich food South China Morning Post · 19 Oct, 23:15 UTC
- LC–MS/MS Tracks Drugs in Australian Wastewater Chromatography Online · 19 Oct, 23:06 UTC
- Dengue Epidemiological Situation in the Region of the Americas - Epidemiological Week 38, 2026 ReliefWeb · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC
- Breast cancer awareness advocate seeks to teach about risk to all people WAMC · 19 Oct, 23:02 UTC
- DNA once dismissed as 'noise' reveals new bacterial species in prostate cancer patients Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- Comment on Johnsen et al. Achieving at Least 15% Weight Loss Within 2 Years of Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis Is Associated With Lower Risks of Macrovascular and Microvascular Complications: A U.K. Cohort Study diabetesjournals.org · 19 Oct, 22:51 UTC
- Palisades Therapeutics Highlights a Shared Inflammatory Mechanism Across Chronic Diseases in Frontiers in Pharmacology FirstWord Pharma · 19 Oct, 22:47 UTC
- Adult-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes in a Physician: Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insulin Acceptance in a Case Consistent With Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) Cureus · 19 Oct, 22:36 UTC
- Virtual Pulmonary Rehab and Matched Care, With Omid Pourshahid, MD HCPLive · 19 Oct, 22:32 UTC
- New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests The Guardian · 19 Oct, 22:30 UTC
- Embryos harbor immune cells that already perform adult-like defense functions, study suggests Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
- £4 million awarded to develop vaccines that protect livestock and tackle growing biosecurity threat EurekAlert! · 19 Oct, 22:07 UTC
- Honey bee hives have ‘living immune systems’ which defend against disease The Conversation · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Beehives act as 'living immune systems' with layered antimicrobial defenses Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Home sensor system could spot loneliness in older adults Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Projected Effect of 2026 Federal Changes to the Childhood Immunization Schedule on Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infections in the United States | Annals of Internal Medicine ACP Journals · 19 Oct, 21:55 UTC
- Weakness, Chills, and Back Pain in a 62-Year-Old Woman Medscape Reference: Drugs, Diseases & Medical Procedures · 19 Oct, 21:40 UTC
- VR Study Reveals Restorative Power of Curated Green Spaces Labroots · 19 Oct, 21:40 UTC
- Pakistan reports 7th polio case of the year, 1st case in Karachi in nearly 2 years Outbreak News Today · 19 Oct, 21:36 UTC