Bats are widely recognized as the primary hosts of filoviruses, such as Ebola, yet the specific host species of ebolaviruses ...

A SUSPECTED outbreak of a deadly ‘eye bleeding disease’ has sparked fears of a wider spread. So far, the Ebola-like illness ...

The World Health Organization said an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of ...

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern ...

Ebola is generally known to spread through contact with bodily fluids from individuals who have the infection.

The average Ebola case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25-90% in past outbreaks.

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 ...

Nine cases of the deadly disease have been reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania so far. But officials expect that number ...

Ebola virus, one of the deadliest pathogens, has a fatality rate of about 50%, posing a serious threat to global health and safety. To address this challenge, researchers have developed the first ...

The content is produced solely by The Conversation. Ebola is a terrifying virus which, if left untreated, causes bleeding inside the body and through the eyes, nose, mouth and rectum. Case ...