As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

Tanzania declares the end of the Marburg virus outbreak, but Africa continues to battle rising health crises, including ...

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Uganda's Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week, Africa's top public health agency said Thursday, with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of ...

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are ...

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Ebola, which is spread by contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials, manifests as a deadly hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea ...