Scientists have known that major outbreaks often originate in wildlife – swine flu, avian flu and even SARS-CoV-2 all started ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

The country is presently battling its eighth Ebola outbreak, confirmed by the Ministry of Health in January, with two fatalities reported so far. This adds to a total of 368 deaths from ...

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. The 2014 to 2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the disease’s largest death toll.

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Scientists don't know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat ...

Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.

A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa has died after contracting Lassa fever, a virus that can cause Ebola-like illness in some patients.

Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.

Ebola is a highly transmissible disease but its spread can be prevented through behavioural measures.

Congo’s dense tropical forests are a natural reservoir for the Ebola virus, which causes fever, body aches, and diarrhoea. The country has recorded 14 outbreaks since 1976.