This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, but since it was first identified in 1976, there have actually been more than 20 serious Ebola incidents. Thankfully, none of them had the ...

A four-year-old has been identified as the second patient to die from the Ebola virus in Uganda after a recent outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday night that Uganda’s ...

In earlier epidemics, such as the 2013–16 West African Ebola outbreak, sequencing data came in too slowly to track how the virus was changing as infections spread. But it quickly became clear that ...

As virus experts, we’re committed to research that uncovers pandemic threats and helps protect people from them. But we are concerned about how some scientists are experimenting with viruses in ...

Three new Ebola cases have been reported in Uganda, bringing the total to 12 since the outbreak began in late January, the African Union's health agency said Thursday. Ugandan authorities said in ...

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) deaths and containment efforts for the contagious disease have caused deep family pain amid severe economic strain on the country. The suffering has continued as ...

PHOTO/ FILE Uganda’s Ministry of Health has reported another Ebola virus disease death in Kampala, a few days after discharging eight people who the officials said recovered from the viral ...

The virus, which is endemic in parts of West Africa, particularly Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, is carried by a particular type of rodent, called the Mastomys rodent. The most common ...

Britain was today rocked by fresh Lassa fever fears after someone travelled to England while positive with the virus ... while they were unwell with the Ebola-like disease at the end of ...

But former and current USAID staff quickly told the Washington Post that Musk was wrong—the Ebola response remained sharply curtailed. And, as the Bulwark reported, Nicholas Enrich, the acting ...