The current mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone is the largest ever recorded in the country and the first major epidemic caused by the clade IIb monkeypox virus in Africa. Since a public health emergency ...

At the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, two baby chimps in their caretakers' arms are unaware that deforestation and illegal building are threatening their habitat.

Explore strategies cities use to mitigate urban heat, from reflective pavements to green roofs, enhancing public health and ...

In partnership with the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Health, international charity Mercy Ships ( ) is preparing for the next ...

A local nurse just returned from working aboard the world’s largest civilian hospital ship to help bring medical care to ...

Speaking yesterday Monday in Nice, France, at the 2025 High-level UN Ocean Conference, President Bio deliberately oblivious to the emergency he left behind in ...

Then I became scared.” Yusuf is one of over 3,600 people in Sierra Leone who have tested positive for mpox since the start of ...

A marine pilot from Southampton has explained why he decided to take his children out of school for a year and move to Sierra ...

FREETOWN, Mass. (WPRI ... say the man was not wearing a life vest and had hypothermia when taken to the hospital. “Another example of how coordinated response with neighboring departments ...

They typed "Freetown" into the search bar and came up ... 25 at around 10:30 a.m. She was brought to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton by emergency personnel, where she told the medical staff ...

Both drivers were taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford ... couple dies in car crash, Dartmouth man faces charges Freetown Police Chief Scott Rose called the crash “deeply concerning.” ...

Hundreds of young men have recently died of organ failure linked to the dangerous narcotic, one Freetown doctor told the BBC. Admissions to the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital involving ...