This year's ebola outbreak in Africa is by far the worst the continent has seen since 1976, when the virus was first discovered. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

No new Ebola infections have been detected in Uganda for 42 days, and so on Wednesday, the World Health Organization and the Ugandan Ministry of Health officially declared that the country’s ...

This current outbreak marks the first Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan virus in Uganda since 2012, and the first outbreak with over one case since 2004. Where does Ebola come from?

In 2014, a different group of scientists used human and animal data to map locations most at risk of an Ebola outbreak. Among countries that had never reported an Ebola spillover before, Nigeria ...

Ugandan health authorities have declared an outbreak of Ebola in their country as of September 20, 2022. The number of probable deaths is reported to be 23, out of 18 confirmed and 18 probable cases.

There have been five outbreaks of Ebola caused by the Sudan virus in Uganda since 2000, though the most recent, which took place in 2012, was effectively contained, according to the CDC.

During the 2014–16 Ebola outbreak, centered in West Africa and caused by the Ebola Zaire species, 11 people in the U.S. were treated for the virus. Of the 11, two died — both of whom had been ...

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. A 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people , the disease's largest death toll.

While Ebola outbreaks have had death rates ranging from 25% to 90%, the average death rate is about 50%. What Is Ebola Virus? Ebola virus is actually a group of viruses, known as orthoebolaviruses.

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

When the 2014 Ebola outbreak began, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognized that it wasn’t fully prepared if someone with the virus entered the United States and spread ...