Ebola is passed through bodily fluids — blood, saliva, sweat — of people showing symptoms. That's important: The disease can incubate in people for up to 21 days before they show symptoms, but ...

THE VIRUS particles that cause the Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers are shaped like filaments, straight and sometimes curled, 80 billionths of a meter in diameter. Once they have infected a ...

The World Health Organization says the current Ebola epidemic trend “shows a mixed picture” in Africa, according to a statement released early Tuesday. Liberia has reported 16 new cases with ...

In Africa, again, these practices aren’t always hygienic or tools like an IV drip might not be available for a patient when it’s most needed. Timing is everythingUntil this year, Ebola had ...

The deadly Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has hit “unprecedented” proportions, according to relief workers on the ground. “The epidemic is out of control,” Dr. Bart Janssens, director ...

An Ebola outbreak that has killed at least 672 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone could land in the U.S., ... Everything You Need to Know About West Africa's Ebola Outbreak.

Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever that can cause its victims to bleed from the ears and nose, had never before been seen in this part of West Africa where medical clinics are few and far between.

Ebola, one of the most lethal diseases on the planet, is on a killing rampage. Right now, a fight for survival is taking place in the West African nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

As of Monday, there were 19,340 Ebola cases and 7,518 deaths, mostly in West Africa, according to the WHO.Sierra Leone had the greatest number of cases, 8,939 — almost half of all reported ...

Ebola is not the first epidemic to catch the world off-guard. Advances in vaccines and antibiotics in the 20th century led some health experts to discount the threat of infectious disease.

When the first U.S. case of Ebola was diagnosed in Dallas, did you cancel your fall foliage tour of New England? Ebola and Africa: Geographic misunderstandings scaring tourists away - Los Angeles ...