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

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

The incubation period for Ebola – meaning the time after infection and before symptoms appear – is two to 21 days – but people are not contagious until they start displaying symptoms.

The current Ebola outbreak began last summer in the country ... has been on the ground documenting the crisis since it started in August. He has witnessed families gutted by the virus and ...

Ebola also caused an economic crisis, triggered by massive health and social spending and compounded by the almost simultaneous collapse in commodity prices. Already under strain before the epidemic ...

The outbreak has been caused by a strain of the Ebola virus for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments. So far, it has caused four deaths, 12 confirmed cases and two suspected infections.

U.S.A.I.D. Advertisement The contracts financed Ebola screening at airports and protective gear for health workers, among other measures. Work had been held up for weeks, contrary to Elon Musk’s ...

"We will make mistakes," Musk said. "We won't be perfect, but when we make mistakes we'll fix it very quickly … I think we all want Ebola prevention. So we restored the Ebola prevention ...

Ebola is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by several species of viruses from the genus Ebolavirus. Symptoms of Ebola start out flu-like but can progress to severe vomiting, bleeding and ...