Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023. The 32-year-old male nurse was ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said. The 32-year ...

Symptoms of Ebola infection include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, and internal and external bleeding. The World Health Organisation ...

DAKAR, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo authorities are investigating 12 possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus in its northwest, Africa's main health body said on Thursday ...

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 ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023.