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.

Miles O’brien has given NewsHour viewers a look into the heart of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, digging deep into the science, medicine and cutting edge research unfolding along with the crisis.

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, and the cells that line ...

Reporting from BETHESDA, Md. — U.S. officials leading the fight against history’s worst outbreak of Ebola have said they know the ways the virus is spread and how to stop it. They say that ...

A new virus that appears similar to rabies, but has the symptoms and lethality of Ebola, shown here, has been dubbed the Bas-Congo virus. It killed two teenagers in the Congo in 2009.

In eastern DRC, the human toll of Ebola continues to mount. ... the behavior some gorillas have shown looks a lot like it. Gorillas have been known to touch, groom, ...

A deadly virus found in monkeys that produces Ebola-like symptoms is "poised for spillover" to humans, a team of scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder have warned ...