This is the fastest an Ebola outbreak has ever been identified, proving that the 7-1-7 target is possible when the right tools are in place. Genetic sequencing revealed that the virus in this ...

The New York State Department of Health is raising awareness about the Ebola virus following a Health Alert Network issued by the Centers for Disease Control an ...

The Ebola virus has caused several high-profile outbreaks. The west Africa 2014-16 outbreak was the largest with 28,600 cases and 11,325 deaths. The Sudan and Ebola viruses both come from the ...

Scientists suspect that the first person infected in an Ebola outbreak acquires the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat. Ebola was discovered in 1976 in two ...

Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.

Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.

Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat.