It's a virus that can strike with unrelenting force. The kind of care need to knock it out is often not fully available in a ...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a 'public health emergency of ...

The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a ...

A total of 381 Ebola cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 63 deaths. Uganda has reported ...

A new study at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston sheds light on how Ebola so effectively disables the human immune system. Virologist Alex Bukreyev, UTMB professor and senior author ...

IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, executive chairman of ImmunityBio, said research from Washington State University shows the virus ...

The global health community is locked in an urgent race against time as an Ebola epidemic continues to surge across Africa.

This outbreak is being called "the perfect storm." How did it start, what are the characteristics of the strain that's causing it and how much of a threat is it to global health?

A cytomegalovirus (CMV)-based vaccine provides long-lasting protective immunity against Ebola virus, and has potential for development as a disseminating vaccine strategy to prevent ebolavirus ...

As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreaks ...

A new type of Ebola called the “Bundibugyo ebolavirus” is spreading rapidly in Central Africa, worrying international health ...