New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

A day after getting exposed to the Ebola virus, ten monkeys then received an Obeldesivir pill daily for ten days, while three control monkeys received no treatment and died. The study found that ...

As well as protecting the monkeys from death, the treatment also evoked an immune response. Senior author Dr Thomas Geisbert ...

Dr. Herbert Luswata, president of the Uganda Medical Association, said that the Ebola response had been badly hampered by the ...

The Government of Sweden has announced a $2 million contribution to UNICEF to bolster efforts in tackling the ongoing Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda. This funding will support the ...

According to a new study, an experiment on monkeys has shown that Ebola can be cured with just a pill. First discovered in ...

Ebola in Uganda is the latest in a trend of outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the east African region. Tanzania ...

Uganda's Ebola virus caseload has risen to 12, up from 10, with two people who died early last month being considered ...

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster ...

Isolated from an Ebola survivor, mAb 3A6 binds to the virus's "stalk," blocking infection. It offers effective protection in non-human primates at low doses, which could reduce treatment costs.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization ...