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 ...

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

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

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.

Before 2014, most Ebola outbreaks occurred in relatively rural areas on the African continent. These outbreaks are believed to have started from human contact with an infected animal and were then ...

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 ...

According to scientists there are five different types of the virus, all of which have the potential to infect humans. Here are 10 reasons that make the Ebola virus deadly for humans. According to ...