During one stretch of 17 years (1977-1994) not a single confirmed human death from infection with Ebola virus occurred. This is not a subtle bug that simmers delicately among people, causing ...

Officials have ruled out Ebola or Marburg virus, but say those infected are presenting symptoms of a ‘hemorrhagic fever’ ...

Ebola spreads to people from bats, nonhuman primates, and antelopes. From there it can spread from human to human and cause outbreaks, that happen mostly in Africa. Ebolaviruses spread through ...

More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial ...

A mystery illness in northwestern Congo has killed over 50 people, with symptoms leading to death within 48 hours. WHO is investigating, as initial tests ruled out Ebola and Marburg, with some cases ...

"After we recognize deadly new viruses with a high potential for human-to-human transmission ... antibodies similar to those now used for Ebola. I also can't help wondering if the dying nurse ...

The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an ...

New research led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) reveals the workings of a human antibody called mAb 3A6, which may prove to be an important component for Ebola virus ...

“Avoid the consumption of bush meat, particularly bats and non-human primates, which are known reservoirs of the Ebola virus. And if you have to, ensure that such is properly prepared and cooked ...

Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by ebola viruses that typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate for humans with the disease ...

To address this critical gap in pandemic preparedness, researchers at the University of Minnesota and the Midwest Antiviral Drug Discovery (AViDD) Center investigated how this deadly virus attaches to ...

The human source may have contracted the virus during the last outbreak, which started in 2013 and lasted three years. Guinea confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in February 2021 after five years of ...