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

NINE people have died in a new outbreak of an ‘eye-bleeding’ Ebola-like virus, global health chiefs have warned.Marburg, one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered, has already infected ten people ...

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health ...

A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023. Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ...

The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.

A hemorrhagic fever that damages the organs and blood vessels. Blood flowing from the eyes, mouth and ears. The virus responsible for these gruesome symptoms, dubbed the Marburg virus disease, is ...

Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic fever. It belongs to the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease. Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly.

Strong measures enabled the outbreak to be controlled and declared over in less than two months. Marburg virus disease is highly virulent and causes haemorrhagic fever. It belongs to the same family ...

“After samples were analysed, all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg virus,” Mhagama said in a statement, adding that the country had reinforced its disease surveillance and ...

A suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania’s Kagera region has reportedly infected nine people and claimed eight lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg virus. She said that the country had strengthened its surveillance systems and disease monitoring. We "would like to assure the international ...