During one stretch of 17 years (1977-1994) not a single confirmed human death from infection with Ebola virus occurred. This is not a subtle bug that simmers delicately among people, causing ...

Their mission: to discover exactly how Ebola is transmitted to human beings. Towner had chosen as his team’s base the Hotel Starlight in Karaguuza, in Kibaale district, a fertile and undeveloped ...

Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more practical, affordable treatments in humans.

"We didn't know what it was. We had never experienced an infectious disease of such intensity," former president Ellen ...

A team of scientists has uncovered the remarkable potential of a human antibody, mAb 3A6, in fighting Ebola virus infections.

4. Gaps in scientists’ understanding of how Ebola kills Ebola remains mysterious. It is unbelievably aggressive in the human body, but scientists still don’t understand all the virus’s ...

It's theorized that humans may have contracted the viruses through hunting and butchering bushmeat. Mindful that only two vaccines exist, and both were designed to prevent Ebola virus infection ...

Why bats can harbor viruses like hantavirus and coronavirus—pathogens that are highly dangerous to humans—without becoming ...

Before 2014, most Ebola outbreaks occurred in relatively rural areas on the African continent. These outbreaks are believed to have started from human contact with an infected animal and were then ...

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 ...