Ebola virus, being highly pathogenic for humans and non-human primates and the subject of former weapons programmes, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. In addition, the lack of pre ...

This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, but since it was first identified in 1976, there have actually been more than 20 serious Ebola incidents. Thankfully, none of them had the ...

The deadly Ebola virus is ... out of 3481 infection cases. While antibody-based treatments have shown some success in animal and human trials, the combination of cold-chain transport and storage ...

But these levels shot up again in some survivors around the 200- to 300-day mark before declining again—evidence that Ebola virus may be lingering inside their bodies and re-emerging to trigger immune ...

More than 40 years after it was identified, the Ebola virus continues to defy drugs, treatment plans—and experts’ best efforts to solve its mysteries. Ebola vaccine has to be kept cold.

In the last two decades, Uganda has endured eight Ebola outbreaks ... the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI). “This is because, in almost all the cases, we find secondary infection when ...

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an advance that may prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus. The deadly ...