A new cluster of Ebola cases has emerged in Uganda, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday, adding that efforts were being made to intensify monitoring and ...

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an ...

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster ...

The pill protected 80 per cent of the cynomolgus macaques and 100 per cent of the rhesus macaques, which are biologically ...

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

Meanwhile, the 2013–2016 West African Ebola epidemic infected 28,600 people and caused 11,325 deaths. Scientists have raced to create vaccines and treatments that mimic natural antibodies ...

More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

Although the Ebola outbreak will be a further strain on West African health authorities dealing with COVID-19, Moeti said public health practises for the coronavirus could be beneficial for Ebola.

Advancements in AI-driven flood forecasting are enabling faster, more efficient detection and response. For example, Google ...

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