while battling military hardliners who want to use the virus as a bio-weapon. The film won critical acclaim, and was released when an actual Ebola outbreak was occurring in Zaire.

Had they been, and had they understood that he was the first case in an outbreak of Ebola virus disease, they might have directed some timely attention to an important unknown: How did this boy ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

In addition to the possible Ebola outbreak, there is an outbreak of Marburg fever, caused by a related virus, in Tanzania, which shares a border with eastern DRC. Global health experts said ...

The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976. More than three-quarters of those deaths occurred during a brutal outbreak ...

Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

Also in 1995, the disease hit the mainstream with the American film "Outbreak," inspired by the terror surrounding Ebola. In the fictional film, a viral outbreak ...

The average Ebola case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25-90% in past outbreaks. The Bleeding Eye Virus: As the world continues to grapple with global health ...

Two weeks ago a mother buried her two sons. This week she was buried in the same cemetery. After her burial, a family member was trying to walk away but couldn’t bring himself to leave.

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. It was the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus had first been discovered in the ...