Ebola virus, being highly pathogenic for humans and non-human primates and the subject of former weapons programmes, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. In addition, the lack of pre ...

Some were stigmatised in their communities, because people became scared they might bring the virus home with them. In reality, they were helping to stem world's worst ever Ebola outbreak.

An Iowa resident has died after contracting a frightening viral disease, similar to Ebola ... 80 per cent of people who get infected won't develop any symptoms. But the virus has a case-fatality ...

Apart from that, high risk individuals include diabetics, immunocompromised patients, patients with kidney and liver failure and HIV infected people.’ Here is how the Ebola virus spreads in humans.

Marburg virus has killed five people in Tanzania's north-western Kagera region, the health ministry has said. High fever is a common symptom of the deadly Ebola-like virus, often followed by ...

The Ebola virus first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous ... stressful and heartbreaking this crisis is for the people of North Kivu,” he said.

Lemma was optimistic and said while Ebola, the virus, cannot be eradicated, a vaccine or cure can be developed to protect people from getting it or to heal them if they are infected. She also ...

[Photo:Reuters] The Ebola virus has infected two more people in Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of Congo and spread to a new area 150 km (93 miles) away from the original six ...

This trapped the virus inside a wall of immune people and stopped it from spreading. But attempts to use the technique with Ebola have run into problems. Ring vaccination requires a stable ...

Mortality rates from Ebola outbreaks can be as high as 90%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ...