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SPECIAL REPORT  | URN | A sub-study of the landmark clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the twice-yearly injectable HIV prevention drug, Lenacapavir, has found that it provides 100 percent protection against HIV infection among pregnant and breastfeeding women using it as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The Phase 3 …

  Inside the far-right networks and digital radicalization – the exact ecosystem where these conspiracy theories have taken root and spread   COMMENT | ART JIPSON | Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from a Senate committee more than 100 times on July 29, 2026. …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Experts have urged those who already received their first injection of the twice-yearly HIV preventing drug Lenacapavir to consider using combination prevention options, warning that the game changer injection is not a vaccine. The initial recipients of the drug that has since had a lot …

  Besigye collapses in court as he protests Judge Baguma decision for Trial to Proceed After Courtroom Outburst Over Legal Representation   Kampala, Uganda | URN & THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Kizza Besigye has been rushed to hospital after he collapsed this afternoon in court. Reports indicate he was rushed to …

  The continental bid to make more of its own vaccines is moving from ambition to production   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa has set itself an ambitious deadline of eliminating cholera by 2030. But behind that goal sits a more fundamental question about the continent’s ability to protect …

  People living with HIV need new treatment options that offer flexibility, and a weekly pill could broaden the choices available   Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | For more than two decades, scientific innovation and international financing have worked together to transform HIV from a deadly disease into a …

  Uganda is officially Ebola-free,” Dr Baryomunsi said.  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has officially been declared Ebola-free after successfully containing an outbreak traced to imported cases from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. Health Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi made the declaration …

    SPECIAL REPORT | For nine decades, the Uganda Virus Research Institute has hunted pathogens, helped uncover viruses that would shake the world, and built a reputation far beyond Uganda. As it turns 90 and assumes a new regional role, its scientists say the next challenge is more ambitious: …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government has declared the last Saturday of every month as National Cleaning Day. The mandatory three-hour exercise will require all Ugandans to participate, with no vehicles allowed on the roads and all businesses closed during the period. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja announced the National …

    A 42-day surveillance period will determine whether the country has truly contained the outbreak   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda has entered a crucial phase in its latest battle against Ebola after discharging the country’s last confirmed patient, beginning the mandatory 42-day period required before the …