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 ...

About 11,310 people died in what was the largest outbreak of the virus ever recorded. Reuters Congolese health workers prepare to administer Ebola vaccinations However, attempts to contain the ...

At least 15 people have died in Rwanda from an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, which is usually fatal without treatment ...

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.

Travellers are warned about the spread of the Marburg virus, also known as 'bleeding eye' virus, along with mpox and ...

[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 ...

Bleeding eye virus or Marburg virus is a fatal disease that has claimed 15 lives by now. Know the origin, symptoms and ways ...

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