Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more ...

Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more ...

On 18 February, Byegarazo and seven others walked out of treatment centers in Kampala and Mbale, a city in Eastern Uganda, ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

In her new book 'A History of the World in Six Plagues,' Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood — possibly foreshadowing what's to come.

In contrast, Ebola virus disease is a rare but severe illness characterized by symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, and, in severe cases, internal and external bleeding. Ebola is ...

Scientists suspect the first person infected with Ebola in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected ...

Ebola-like virus found in person who travelled to the UK - Lassa fever does not spread easily between people and the overall ...

KAMPALA: A second Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the WHO said, citing the country's health ministry. The fatality brings the number of confirmed cases in Uganda to 10.

A young child has died of the Ebola virus in Uganda, the second victim of an outbreak that was announced in late January, the health ministry has announced. The ministry said at least ten cases of the ...

Scientists suspect the first person infected with Ebola in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat. Uganda’s last outbreak, discovered in ...

The virus is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids and tissue. Contract tracing is key to stemming the spread of Ebola and the WHO said it and others were working to strengthen ...