A promising vaccine candidate for Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been advanced into a phase 2 trial in Kenya, the first time that a shot has reached this stage of development in a country where the ...

have urged East African countries to create awareness and increase preparedness due to a potential outbreak of the Rift Valley Fever. The RVF warnings are predicted to be on the rise following the ...

I currently have 41 sheep, 53 goats and 20 cows which I keep as free range. The news of Rift Valley Fever outbreak in parts of the country are worrying me. In 2006, I lost a number of animals to ...

Rift Valley Fever, which is named after a disease spread by mosquitos affecting humans and livestock, was published on 25 April. The development marks one of the most significant gains for the ...

Mosquitoes carry many threatening diseases, like chikungunya, dengue, lymphatic filariasis, Rift Valley fever, Yellow fever, Zika, malaria, Japanese encephalitis and West Nile fever, WHO reports.

Anthrax, foot and mouth disease, rift valley fever, African swine fever and rinderpest are some of the diseases that affect livestock in Kenya. According to the World Health Organization ...