Filoviruses get their name from the Latin word "filum," meaning thread—a reference to their long, filamentous shape. This ...

This was due to the outbreak of the deadly Marburg Virus Disease, which claimed eight lives.Belonging to the same family as Ebola, the disease begins with high fever and progresses to acute ...

The outbreak began on September 15. A 24-year-old man, suffering from a high fever and convulsions, was admitted to Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda. He had bleeding in his eyes and had ...

Elon Musk said DOGE will make mistakes. He said an example is how the team briefly cut USAID funding for Ebola prevention.

Kampala, Uganda — A nurse in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023. Diana Atwine, ...

The Ebola virus is one of the most virulent microbes known to man, killing up to 90% of those infected. According to the World Health Organization, there have been 25 disease outbreaks in recorded ...

Ebola officially arrived in America on Tuesday. The CDC — and nearly every mainstream health care journalist — told Americans not to panic. So naturally, Americans did. Some called for America to ...

The Ebola virus travels from person to person through direct contact with infected body fluids. But how long can the virus survive on glass surfaces or countertops? How long can it live in wastewater ...

Doctor recalls trying to save patients in Africa from deadly disease. — -- In a remote village in rural Guinea, a 9-year-old boy arrived at a clinic with his sick mother. Both had contracted ...

An experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus was found to be 100% effective, according to a study published in The Lancet on Thursday. The results offer hope of better protection against the ...

Uganda has been struggling with an Ebola outbreak for months, and although there have been no suspected or probable Ebola cases identified in the United States, federal and local health officials are ...