Ebola

In their evolutionary battle for survival, viruses have developed strategies to spark and perpetuate infection. Once inside a host cell, the Ebola virus, for example, hijacks molecular pathways to replicate itself and eventually make its way back out of t...

After the months-long treatment, she could only return home to a whole new set of precautions that include not having unprotected sex and not breastfeeding. But the absence of sex has attracted violence as her husband doesn't respect the guideline....

A vaccine for the lethal Marburg virus has shown huge promise in early human trials with all participants easily tolerating the shot, and showing robust antibody responses. Developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea...

Research on vaccines and treatments for Ebola, COVID-19 and other pathogens is crucial for our health and safety. However, funding can be tricky for projects that may take years to use. That's where crucial government funding called BARDA comes in....

Earlier in the month, the World Health Organization and Uganda's Health Ministry officially announced the end of the Ebola virus outbreak in the country, over six weeks after the last known patient was discharged from hospital. Beginning in September ...

The World Health Organization's disease reports reflect public-health priorities and surveillance capabilities....

The UK Health Security Agency's (UKHSA) updated its list this week, which monitors the pathogenic threats, which could theoretically sweep the world if given the opportunity....

Researchers are testing fruit bats in the Republic of the Congo for viruses such as Ebola to learn more about the risks of diseases spreading to humans...

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The Ebola outbreak in Uganda was a wake-up call. We need preventive vaccination....

The University of Texas Medical Branch will soon start working on preventing biological threats like Ebola with the help of Moderna. The project could potentially prevent another pandemic thanks to a nearly $25 million dollar agreement with the U.S. Depar...

The University of Texas Medical Branch will soon start working on preventing biological threats like Ebola with the help of Moderna. The project could potentially prevent another pandemic thanks to a nearly $25 million dollar agreement with the U.S. Depar...

The University of Texas Medical Branch will soon start working on preventing biological threats like Ebola. The project could potentially prevent another pandemic thanks to a nearly $25 million dollar agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense....

The University of Texas Medical Branch will soon start working on preventing biological threats like Ebola. The project could potentially prevent another pandemic thanks to a multi-million dollar agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense....

The exercise which will be going on until January 30, will be conducted in Kassanda, Mubende, Mukono, Kampala and Wakiso Districts. It will target children below five years of age, according to a statement released by the ministry on Friday....

2022 saw major advances, and even victories in the efforts to combat several diseases, from industrialized to tropical ones. Starting at home, a study last year found that US cancer deaths had declined by 33% since 1991. This is equivalent to around 3.8 m...

Last week, Uganda announced that the country was free of the Sudan Ebola virus after it did not record a new case for 42 days - two virus incubation cycles....

Sandra Baldwin helped combat the west Africa ebola outbreak and famine in Ethiopia but says that the Pakistan flooding catastrophe is one of the toughest chall...

Bottles of beer zip along a conveyor belt in a Brasimba factory, which has weathered two deadly Ebola outbreaks and waves of fighting linked to rebel militias active in the nearby forests....

Read CNN's Fast Facts on Ebola and learn more about the deadly virus....

Less than four months after the first Ebola case was confirmed in Uganda, the East African nation has declared the outbreak over....