Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the disease’s largest death toll.

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

Filoviruses are among the globe's most lethal—indeed, so dangerous they can be handled only in high-security laboratories.

Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two people in the east African nation ...

That's one of the best places in the world for someone with Ebola to be treated. Nebraska Medical Center's 10-bed Biocontainment Unit is one of the top four U.S. facilities that are equipped to ...

This trapped the virus inside a wall of immune people and stopped it from spreading. But attempts to use the technique with Ebola have run into problems. Ring vaccination requires a stable ...

“But it’s an enormous relief.” The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) latest Ebola outbreak, which killed 2,264 of the 3,453 people infected, emerged in eastern North Kivu province ...

Uganda celebrates a major health victory, officially declaring the end of the Ebola Sudan Virus Disease outbreak after 42 ...

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

Since a silent danger hides inside the Ebola-infected person, a simple touch could prove harmful. Extreme caution is required. In Monrovia, where I spent two weeks last month, fear is always ...

Ebola has not been eradicated, however. This deadly virus, which causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and has a fatality rate of about 50%, is still at large and could thus still cause a ...

Uganda on Saturday declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, which started in January and led to four deaths. The ...