Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variations. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type, now trials for another are underway ...

The outbreak marks Uganda's eighth from an Ebola virus. The first confirmed case in the outbreak was a nurse at a hospital in the nation's capital, Kampala, who contracted Ebola on Jan. 20 or Jan. 21 ...

An emergency vaccine trial has been launched to combat a new outbreak of the deadly Sudan strain of Ebola virus. The World ...

Sudan virus (SUDV) can infect people to cause Sudan virus disease (SVD). Right now, an outbreak of SVD has been detected in ...

In what looks like a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other partners on ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed the country on high alert following the confirmation ...

Ugandan health officials on Thursday confirmed a case of Ebola in the capital Kampala, in a nurse who sought care at a number ...

An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Experts share concerns about the highly ...

A potential Ebola outbreak has been reported in the DRC, at a time when the Trump administration has paused communication ...

The virus belongs to a family of serious diseases that can cause haemorrhagic fevers, such as Ebola and Marburg viruses. It is not exactly clear how the man, from the La Paz region, contracted ...

It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease. Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly. The disease is also called ‘bleeding eye disease’ because of it ...

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...