A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 patients from Guinea who ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, ...

The nine cases include the first victim, a male nurse who died the day before the outbreak was declared on January 30.

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

A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the ...

Researchers believe new strains appear after developing in an animal and transmitting ... available to treat Ebola disease: Inmazeb and Ebanga. These medicines help reduce symptoms and speed ...

Initial symptoms of Ebola disease include "dry" symptoms like ... In rare cases, it may spread from contact with an infected animal. The best ways to prevent infection are to avoid contact with ...

These include any alerts to bird flu in Texas, where the reported cases are in proximity to the zoo, identifying which animals are the most vulnerable and potential points of exposure.

The Red Cross expressed serious concern over the risk of Ebola and other pathogens escaping from a laboratory in Goma, DR Congo, due to ongoing fighting and potential power cuts. ICRC Africa director ...

The virus's natural reservoir animal is suspected to ... vaccine halved the risk of dying from Ebola -- even if it was administered just days before symptoms appear. In terms of treatment, the ...