Ebola isn’t as contagious as more common viruses like colds, influenza, or measles. You can't get it by breathing the air. Instead, outbreaks start when it infects people who come in contact ...

Learning more about patients who've recovered from Ebola -- as well as people who are naturally immune -- could save lives. By Mary Beth Griggs Published Oct 16, 2014 11:00 PM EDT Get the Popular ...

Once an Ebola patient is identified here, says CDC Director Thomas Frieden, protocols allow doctors and health officials to quickly isolate and treat the person, and to put anyone who may have ...

There are processes and procedures in an Ebola treatment centre to keep everyone safe, and if people don't have time to follow them, they can start making mistakes. There was no way of letting ...

He talked about health worker going around to take the temperature of people who were in contact with the Ebola victim in Texas. So a listener, Mark Lackey of New York City, asks this - why can't ...

Some 729 people of the 1,323 total confirmed and possible infections have died, reports WHO as of July 27. The WHO says “drastic action is needed” to contain Ebola, warning that previously ...

Over the past month, you may have heard people talking about the Ebola virus. You may have also seen something about it on television, in the newspaper or on the Internet. The reason for this is ...

The CDC is now recommending that people avoid contact with a male Ebola survivor’s semen indefinitely, until more is known. If a male survivor has any type of sex, the CDC says that a condom ...

DAKAR, Senegal-- More than 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola and nearly half of them have died, according to figures released Saturday by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak ...

Outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus flare up in parts of Africa almost every year. The virus kills about half the people it infects. But a new study shows that a vaccine already in use is offering ...

Also under development are therapies that could help people who have contracted Ebola or who are likely to come into contact with it. These therapies mainly involve the creation in the lab of ...

Public health officials in Texas said Thursday that as many as 100 people may have had contact with the Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola. Four of these people, at least some of whom are believed ...