An outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda is a result of Sudan virus, the World Health Organization has confirmed.. Samples from a patient in the Mubende district of central Uganda tested positive ...

After Uganda’s outbreak, the CDC urges doctors to be on alert for Ebola—also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF)—a rare but deadly virus.

Ebola is an often deadly infectious disease that has largely been confined to African countries. Improving structural inequalities, surveillance, vaccines, and international cooperation can all ...

Ebola occurs when someone is infected with orthoebolavirus zairense, which is a virus mainly found in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The ...

The Ugandan Ministry of Health confirmed 142 cases of Ebola disease and 55 deaths. Because of the brevity of this outbreak, it was not possible to evaluate vaccine candidates.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a setback for health officials who had hoped for a ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that is in the same family as Ebola.

An eastern Iowa resident died Monday from a viral disease similar to Ebola that was likely contracted during a recent trip to ...

Frieden, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), knew it was no simple matter to properly carry away a body loaded with Ebola virus.

There's welcome news in the battle against the Ebola virus, an infectious disease that for years had almost no treatments or remedies. Outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus flare up in parts of ...

Public health officials across the world are monitoring the spread of a deadly virus ominously known as "bleeding eye disease". But what exactly is it? At least 66 people have been infected and 15 ...