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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that is in the same family as Ebola.

KAMPALA, UGANDA — One nurse died from the Sudan Ebola virus in Uganda on Jan. 29. Two more cases were confirmed days later — and hundreds of people were direct contacts. The virus spreads fast, and it ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist.

This is the fastest an Ebola outbreak has ever been identified, proving that the 7-1-7 target is possible when the right tools are in place. Genetic sequencing revealed that the virus in this ...

Ugandan authorities launched on Monday a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one nurse in the capital, Kampala. The 32-year-old male nurse died on ...

FILE - A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims inside the Ebola isolation center of Madudu Health Center III, in the village of Madudu, in the Mubende district of ...

KAMPALA. – Uganda has started screening departing travelers for Sudan Ebola virus disease (SVD) at the East African country’s border points to prevent the exportation of the virus. Travellers ...