Amid reports of a deadly viral outbreak in Central Africa, researchers are reportedly scrambling to develop treatments and vaccines to combat the Marburg virus. As of Sept. 30, 2024, the country ...

A large outbreak of Marburg virus in Rwanda is drawing international concern about the possibility of spread beyond the country’s borders. The number of cases detected so far, ...

Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. Similar to Ebola, the rare but very severe illness can be fatal in up to 88% of ...

Rwanda's outbreak of the Marburg virus was declared over this week by the World Health Organization and the Rwandan government. The announcement by WHO comes after weeks without any new reported ...

Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, during a broadcast on Rwanda Television, revealed that six people have died and 26 people have been affected due to the Marburg Virus Disease. The ...

Rwanda's fragile health care system could become overwhelmed by the deadly Marburg virus, doctors fear, because most of those currently infected are medical professionals, and some have died.

Health officials in Rwanda declared a Marburg virus outbreak in late September. As of late October , there have been 66 confirmed cases and 15 deaths, with nearly 80% of the cases reported among ...

A deadly, Ebola-like virus called Marburg is currently causing an outbreak in Rwanda. The country declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease on Sept. 27 and has reported 58 confirmed cases and ...

Rwandan health authorities are working to control an outbreak of Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic disease in the same family as Ebola, that is spreading across the country. As of Oct. 1, Rwanda’s ...