Test results on the sick people are pending, and a top WHO official said the outbreak response is proceeding rapidly.

Uganda has had access to candidate vaccine doses since the end of an Ebola outbreak in September 2022 that killed at least 55 ...

Merck’s Ebola Zaire virus vaccine. IAVI told STAT that doses of its vaccine are already in Uganda and could be used as part of the response to this outbreak, in the context of a clinical trial.

Cautions On Travels To Uganda, Sudan Others Advertisement Following the confirmation of an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has ...

At least 44 contacts of the victim in the current outbreak have been identified, including 30 health workers and patients.

In its last outbreak, more than two years ago, Uganda saw 164 cases and 55 confirmed deaths from Ebola. Uganda announced ...

Uganda is racing to launch a trial Ebola vaccine after a deadly outbreak in Kampala claimed a nurse’s life. With no approved ...

There are six known types of the Ebola virus. Four of them, Zaire, Bundibugyo, Sudan, and Taï Forest, are known to cause disease in humans. The Reston and Bombali strains primarily affect non ...

Here are some key facts on one of the world's most deadly diseases: - Origins - Ebola is a viral hemorrhagic fever first discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Six species of the virus ...

which targets one of four Ebola strains that cause illness in people, Zaire ebolavirus. Another treatment for the same strain, Ebanga, was approved two months later. These are the two available ...

The Ugandan Health Ministry has confirmed the death of a nurse following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the country. The permanent secretary of the ministry, Diana Atwine, made this ...