KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has embarked on a 42-day count-down to end the Sudan Ebola Virus ...

Covid-19 has settled into the ignoble cast of diseases considered native to New York, five years after the virus transformed ...

Uganda's Ministry of Health together with its partners, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office and, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), have in recent weeks ...

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

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

Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...

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

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an ...

In contrast, Ebola virus disease is a rare but severe illness characterized by symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, and, in severe cases, internal and external bleeding. Ebola is ...

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

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

A CDC program tests wastewater from airplanes, looking for pathogens that may have hitched a ride with passengers on long-haul international flights.