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

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.

Recognised examples of such diseases include Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg virus. Symptoms recorded so far of the unknown disease in the DRC include fever, chills, headache, body aches ...

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease.

He experienced fever-like symptoms, sought care at multiple facilities and consulted a traditional healer before dying. The Ebola strain responsible for the nurse's death and the outbreak is the ...

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 ...

Most people who get Lassa fever have mild symptoms such as fever, feeling weak, headache and sore throat, and recover. More serious symptoms include bleeding, difficulty breathing, vomiting ...