During one stretch of 17 years (1977-1994) not a single confirmed human death from infection with Ebola virus occurred. This is not a subtle bug that simmers delicately among people, causing ...

NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all ...

4. Gaps in scientists’ understanding of how Ebola kills Ebola remains mysterious. It is unbelievably aggressive in the human body, but scientists still don’t understand all the virus’s ...

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

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

Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more practical, affordable treatments in humans.

It's theorized that humans may have contracted the viruses through hunting and butchering bushmeat. Mindful that only two vaccines exist, and both were designed to prevent Ebola virus infection ...

Since 1976, there have been about 30 recorded Ebola outbreaks that have infected humans. Note the long periods of inactivity, including a thirteen year stretch between 1980 and 1993. CDC / WHO ...

Ebola virus, being highly pathogenic for humans and non-human primates and the subject of former weapons programmes, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. In addition, the lack of pre ...

Ebola-Reston virus does not cause serious disease in humans. Microarray technology was employed to compare cellular gene responses to Ebola-Zaire and Ebola-Reston virus infection of primary human ...