The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus ...

More than a dozen Americans in Uganda are also among those so far known to have been exposed to Sudan virus, the type of ...

Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in ...

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

Infectious disease emergencies can threaten breastfeeding and the lives of mothers and babies. Depending on the disease, ...

The World Health Organization's emergencies director on Friday praised the "fastest roll-out" of an Ebola vaccine trial in ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda's capital has tested positive for the Ebola virus, officials say. "After four years, ...

Scientists don't know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the ...

The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.

It comes after Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like infection with a fatality rate as high as 90 percent. Two people have died. A secure and private burial of the nurse ...