Dr. Herbert Luswata, president of the Uganda Medical Association, said that the Ebola response had been badly hampered by the ...

In her new book 'A History of the World in Six Plagues,' Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood — possibly foreshadowing what's to come.

Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who had hoped for a quick end to ...

You might remember the big hullabaloo in 2014 about travelers reaching the United States with Ebola. There’s a lot of investment in traveler screening to prevent people who are sick from ...

Uganda's health ministry official declared on January 29 that there was an Ebola outbreak linked to the Sudan virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel notice earlier ...

“Uganda’s Ebola outbreak occurred on the same day as ... card freeze is delaying shipments of critical supplies, stalling travel, and stopping employees from doing their jobs.

As Uganda’s Ministry of Health reports a surge in Ebola infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised against imposing travel restrictions over the outbreak, recommending that ...

and there are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's infecting people in Uganda. Over 20,000 travelers are screened daily for Ebola at Uganda's different border crossing points ...

encouraging travelers to practice enhanced precautions. Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials. Symptoms include fever, vomiting ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who had hoped for a ...

Given our modern volume of global travel, a similar scenario could easily ... on monoclonal antibodies similar to those now used for Ebola. I also can't help wondering if the dying nurse harbored ...