A mysterious and deadly illness known as “crying disease” has been sweeping through parts of Congo. So far, it has […] ...

After more than 20 years of research on arenaviruses, an Institut Pasteur team led by Sylvain Baize has developed an original vaccine platform known as MOPEVAC, which will strengthen the Institut ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...

Laboratory testing has proven that a recent deadly disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was caused by malaria ...

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has identified 24 infectious diseases that pose the greatest future threats to public health. Some, like COVID-19, have pandemic ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a global outbreak. This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, ...

As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

The NIH announced the beginning of a phase 1 first-in-human trial of a vaccine for Lassa fever, a potentially fatal viral hemorrhagic disease for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD ... In between, the country has also had outbreaks of Marburg, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever, Yellow Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Avian Influenza and measles among ...

An expert from the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) engages with community health teams in the eastern Uganda district of Mbale on how to detect Ebola cases in their ...

No outbreaks since have reached that level of destruction, but Ebola and related hemorrhagic viruses continue to be a grave public health threat in the countries where they’re natively found.

Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more practical, affordable treatments in humans. First identified in 1976 and ...