A day after getting exposed to the Ebola virus, ten monkeys then received an Obeldesivir pill daily for ten days, while three control monkeys received no treatment and died. The study found that ...

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

In her new book 'A History of the World in Six Plagues,' Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood — possibly foreshadowing what's to come.

The country is presently battling its eighth Ebola outbreak, confirmed by the Ministry of Health in January, with two ...

Ebola in Uganda is the latest in a trend of outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the east African region. Tanzania declared an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg disease in January, and in ...

Test results have ruled out similar hemorrhagic diseases such as Ebola and Marburg virus. Testing and contact tracing are continuing in affected locations by teams of local staff and WHO officials.

Ebola virus causes severe inflammation and hemorrhagic fever in humans, but there is no widely used vaccine. "Ebola virus disease is not spreading rapidly in other countries as it gets transmitted ...

manifests as a deadly hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and at times internal and external bleeding. Scientists suspect the first person infected with Ebola in ...

Scientists suspect the first person infected with Ebola in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact ... latest in a trend of outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the east African region.

DAR ES SALAAM, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian health authorities on Thursday declared the end of the country's second Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after recording no new cases for 42 days ...