Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests. Dozens of individuals remain under observation as the government works to contain the outbreak.

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease.

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed on Monday that there was a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the East African country.One "confirmed case of Marburg virus marks the second outbreak" in Tanzania since 2023,

Ooh, that’s a big one,” Donald Trump said Monday as he signed an executive order – one of dozens during his first hours as president – to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has confirmed a new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the East African country.

Trump initially removed the U.S. from the WHO in 2020, but Biden reversed his action before it went into effect.

President Trump signed an executive order​ on the first day of his second term, beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed an outbreak of the Marburg virus in the country, with one confirmed case so far.

Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

The WHO is a United Nations agency that aims to expand universal health coverage, coordinates responses to health emergencies such as pandemics, and has a broad focus on healthy lives. It does not have the power to enforce health policy, but influences policy worldwide, especially in low-income countries.

The World Health Organization called on the US to reconsider a decision to leave the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security.