Since its first documentation in 1976, there have been more than three dozen outbreaks of Ebola virus disease in Central and West Africa, the largest of which resulted in the deaths of more than ...

The Trump administration is curbing animal experiments in response to shifts in public opinion, technological advances, years ...

Marburg is naturally found in Egyptian rousette bats and spreads through bodily fluids, making outbreaks hard to control.

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

MINNEAPOLIS — University of Minnesota researchers have made key discoveries about one of the world’s most lethal pathogens, the Marburg virus, including potential weaknesses that could result in ...

Symptoms can include pain, difficulty breathing, severe vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, confusion and bleeding.

In a new study published in Nature, University of Minnesota researchers found that the Marburg virus, one of the world's deadliest pathogens with an average 73% fatality rate, is unusually efficient ...

A new report by the IFRC shows how disinformation fuels hostility and leads to health-harming choices. John Zarocostas reports.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to the forefront of global health care. After their clinical ...

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The Ebola virus, Cordyceps fungi, and even the stomach flu have helped inspire some of the most gruesome infectious diseases seen on the screen.

The UN Ebola Emergency Response Mission will not fully meet its December 1 target for containing the virus due to escalating numbers of cases in Sierra Leone and elsewhere, Anthony Banbury, the head ...