A rare virus has confirmed cases being treated in three different countries across two continents as health care officials ...

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Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they ...

More than 1,000 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the DRC in 2026. A comparison of three major outbreaks shows how ...

Scientists racing to develop potential vaccines and treatments against a deadly Ebola outbreak are having to do so without a ...

The current outbreak, which was detected in mid-May, has already sickened more than 1,000 people and killed more than 250, ...

The US embassy in Uganda has issued an alert over reports of a potential Marburg case in the country’s western region.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing – and is likely larger than official numbers show. The ...

Scientists have modeled the potential size of this current outbreak, which some experts think could become one of the worst ...

A viral outbreak tearing through an Air Force base in southern Texas sickening at least 275 people and hospitalizing four has ...

Bryan Alsip, chief medical officer at University Health, saw a virus spread right in front of him during his time in the ...