A quarter of people interviewed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year during the ongoing Ebola outbreak believed the deadly virus wasn't real, according to a new study.. A ...

How the Ebola virus came to the United States and spread. — -- Another person has died of Ebola on American soil, reminding U.S. citizens that although many health workers have survived the ...

The virus is named after the Ebola River, in northern DRC, where it was first identified. Home to nine outbreaks since the disease’s discovery, ...

The Ebola vaccine rVSV-ZEBOV was approved by the FDA in 2019 but only protects against Zaire ebolavirus, or Ebola virus proper, not any of the other three human-contracted Ebola-causing viruses.

Ebola virus particles are long and skinny, and look like lethal microscopic noodles. When they get inside a person, the particles attack the immune system, liver, kidneys, ...

Ebola first appeared more than three decades ago, but there is still no cure or specific treatment for the disease, in part because the dangerous nature of the virus makes it difficult to study ...

Today, the Ebola virus spreads only through direct contact with bodily fluids, such as blood and vomit. But some of the nation’s top infectious disease experts worry that this deadly virus could ...

In contrast to the hardiness of anthrax bacteria, the Ebola virus is sensitive to climactic conditions, like exposure to sunlight and extreme temperatures, de Bretton-Gordon said.

Ebola virus takes the alternative route: its genome encodes a protein that can copy RNA into RNA. This gene (creatively called the polymerase, or L) is the largest one carried by the virus.

Ebola's arrival in Sierra Leone in May started with a funeral, according to Thursday's findings. A young pregnant woman tested positive for the virus and was treated at Kenema Government Hospital ...

Gigi the robot looks like a skinny cousin of R2-D2, but the machine is a cold-blooded killer, a germ zapper that could help fight Ebola. CNN values your feedback 1.

Ebola virus may linger in semen for years, but the virus may preferentially show up in older men and those with vision problems, research found. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...