Nine people were confirmed to have Ebola virus in Uganda and around 265 others are being monitored under quarantine, health authorities have said.

Study findings spotlight a highly potent source of Ebola virus shedding with the potential for person-to-person transmission.

Ebola is a deadly hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that is endemic in parts of East-Central and West Africa. Most people are aware that a primary route for person-to-person transmission is ...

A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old ...

The bleeding eye virus or the Marburg disease has killed 15 people so far in Rwanda. This highly infectious pathogen is similar to the Ebola virus and causes bleeding from eyes, nose and mouth.

People are asking if the Nipah virus is real, after words spread about the zoonotic virus that has an estimated 40-70 percent ...

The findings of a new study suggest that the virus behind Ebola – a rare but severe and often fatal illness – may be spread by skin contact, by providing a comprehensive cellular map of its ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that is in the same family as Ebola.

Ebola is a deadly hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that is endemic in parts of East-Central and West Africa. Most people are aware that a primary route for person-to-person transmission is ...

The biggest filovirus outbreak, caused by Ebola virus, occurred in three West African countries from 2014 to 2016. It killed more than 11,000 people and infected more than 28,000. More recently, a ...

Uganda has discharged eight people after they recovered from Ebola although at least 265 contacts remain under quarantine, its health minister said.

A case of Lassa fever, a viral illness that can cause Ebola-like symptoms, has been confirmed in a person who recently travelled to England from Nigeria, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has ...