New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

SCIENTISTS have found a pill that offers ‘100 per cent protection’ against Ebola – sparking hopes of eradicating the deadly ...

The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise $11.2 million to help fund Uganda's response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people, after the country's health budget was ...

Ebola virus disease, often just called Ebola ... it’s easy to see why. The symptoms can come on suddenly, and initially are difficult to distinguish from other infectious diseases: fever ...

Uganda's Ministry of Health together with its partners, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office and, the Africa ...

Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and at times internal and external bleeding. Scientists suspect the first person infected with Ebola in an outbreak acquired the virus through ...

Gene Hackman’s wife died of hantavirus, but could his own death be linked to infection? New research suggests infections may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease.

A day after getting exposed to the Ebola virus, ten monkeys then received an Obeldesivir pill daily for ten days, while three control monkeys received no treatment and died. The study found that ...

In the its advisory, the ministry urged the public to remain vigilant and report any individuals exhibiting symptoms consistent ... has reported another Ebola virus disease death in Kampala ...