Disease Archives

Health officials ready new guidelines, including for churches, as restrictions ease

Apr 27, 2020

The Trump administration is reviewing proposed new guidelines for how restaurants, schools, churches and businesses can safely reopen as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions.

By Kevin Freking and Mike Stobbe

No disease, however fierce, has the last word on who we are

Mar 29, 2020

While so many are becoming neo-prophets of doom and gloom, and as hearts sink beneath the weight of fear and anxiety, Christian believers – now more than ever – are summoned to speak and proclaim glad tidings and words of joyful hope to their neighbors.

By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

CDC director ‘not shy about his Catholic faith,’ says Baltimore pastor

Mar 16, 2020

When Msgr. Richard Woy sees Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on television these days flanked by medical experts issuing the latest guidance on the novel coronavirus he doesn’t just see one of the top health officials in the U.S., he sees one of the faithful.

By Tim Swift

Some Chinese churches suspend activities because of coronavirus

Jan 23, 2020

Some churches in China have suspended community activities, including Mass, over fears of the deadly coronavirus virus that has already killed six people and continues to spread, reported ucanews.org.

By Catholic News Service

Major flu outbreak prompts dioceses to implement prevention protocols

Feb 3, 2018

The nationwide flu outbreak has prompted dioceses to take steps to suspend traditional rituals to prevent the spread of the virus as much as possible.

By Catholic News Service

Congo political crisis worsened by cholera epidemic

Jan 29, 2018

In the midst of an ongoing political crisis over the continued rule of President Joseph Kabila, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now experiencing its worse cholera outbreak in two decades.

By Ngala Killian Chimtom