More than two years after it began, an Ebola outbreak that claimed 11,315 lives — the deadliest in history — appears to be over, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The WHO reported ...

This Ebola virus is a new strain and did not spread to West Africa from previous outbreaks in Uganda and Congo, researchers say. Many believe it is linked to the human consumption of bats carrying ...

Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). At least a dozen cases of the hemorrhagic fever have been reported in the Bolamba health zone, which is located ...

Joel Breman, Who Helped Stop an Ebola Outbreak in Africa, Dies at 87 Part of a team flown in to fight the deadly virus in 1976, Dr. Breman also worked to stamp out tropical diseases like smallpox ...

Emergency vaccination efforts during deadly disease outbreaks have reduced death rates by nearly 60% over the past 25 years, according to a major new global study. The research, supported by the Gavi ...

Emergency vaccination efforts during infectious disease outbreaks have significantly reduced fatalities by nearly 60% over ...

WHO declares on Friday Ebola outbreak in Bas-Uele province, in Democratic Republic of the Congo, after person tests positive for virus; 2013-16 outbreak in Western Africa claimed more than 11,000 ...

While Uganda has been recording a decrease in Mpox cases since late May and recently declared the end of Ebola outbreak, ...

Emergency vaccination campaigns have slashed deaths from major infectious disease outbreaks by nearly 60 per cent since 2000, ...