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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

According to scientists there are five different types of the virus, all of which have the potential to infect humans. Here are 10 reasons that make the Ebola virus deadly for humans. According to ...

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 ...

KAMPALA, April 26 (Reuters) - Uganda on Saturday declared an end to the country's latest outbreak of ebola, three months after authorities confirmed cases of the highly infectious and often fatal ...

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