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

Similar to the more widely known Ebola hemorrhagic fever, MHF is characterized by systemic viral replication, immunosuppression and abnormal inflammatory responses. These pathological features of ...

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Health officials confirmed that the most recent death occurred in Kirkuk, where a 52-year-old butcher succumbed to the virus ...

Nicholas Bariyo is a reporter covering East Africa and the Great Lakes Region for The Wall Street Journal’s Africa bureau.

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 ...