Ebola-infected monkeys cured with a pill, raising hopes for humans: study Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more ...

More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.

The Marburg virus is a highly virulent pathogen that causes hemorrhagic fever in humans. It belongs to the same family as Ebola. Its high mortality rate has caused concern among health experts.

For more than a decade, I have worked as a physician and public-health expert responding to infectious diseases around the ...

Within the first few months of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, the virus became less infectious in bats, the animal in which the pathogen is thought to have originated, and much more potent in humans. A ...

In theory, waivers allowed for some work to continue on containing pathogens like Ebola, Marburg and mpox, as well as preparedness for bird flu. But very little money had actually been delivered.

including bacterial pathogens that cause sepsis, hemorrhagic fever viruses including Ebola, and, as expected, various strains of the malaria parasite Plasmodium,” explains the study’s last ...

A vaccine was only widely approved in 2019, and while two intravenous antibody treatments improve outcomes, they require costly cold storage.

"All these drugs and vaccines that were developed against Ebola and a lot of these exotic viruses and pathogens — 90 percent of the money comes from the US government," he said, adding, "I think the ...

"All these drugs and vaccines that were developed against Ebola and a lot of these exotic viruses and pathogens -- 90 percent of the money comes from the US government," he said, adding ...