The laboratory, which will study some of the deadliest viruses, has prompted concerns over a repeat of the coronavirus ...

There are no approved vaccines or treatments for Sudan virus disease, which has a 40–70% fatality rate. To curb the ongoing outbreak, Uganda has deployed—under a clinical trial setting—a vaccine ...

Amid a new Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, the World Health Organization has kicked off a vaccine trial. This is the first ...

A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma—which has been seized by the ...

Infectious disease emergencies can threaten breastfeeding and the lives of mothers and babies. Depending on the disease, ...

A second strain of H5N1 bird flu has been detected in US cattle Some experts believe that the risk to humans is low Infections have also been detected outside the US, in the United Kingdom European au ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Feb. 6 released an advisory about an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda caused by the Sudan virus disease.

President Trump has selected Gerald Parker, a veterinarian and former top-ranking federal health official, to head the White ...

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Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee voted to move forward with Trump's nominee to run Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist.