“[T]hey essentially found that the Ebola virus can persist in a number of sites that we consider immune privileged, including the eye, the brain, and the reproductive organs, or the testes,” Emory ...

However, Gary Kobinger from the University of Manitoba, who led the study, cautioned that “we still don’t know if pigs are playing any role in the natural transmission or ecology of Ebola virus in ...

Shocking pictures reveal the inside of America's "Covid lab" where animals like monkeys and pigs are infected with dangerous diseases in experiments similar to those in Wuhan. White Coat Waste, an ...

Customs officials believe the monkeys were "bushmeat" — a category of food that includes wild animals like bats and primates. Bushmeat can carry diseases like Ebola. The passenger had originally ...

In related news, researchers said that an experimental small-molecule antiviral compound prevented Ebola disease in Rhesus monkeys, according to their presentation last week at IDWeek in San Diego.

He said that if the vaccine was so effective in monkeys given high doses of virus, it should be effective in an outbreak scenario in which people typically get lower doses. The Ebola virus ...