The laboratory, which will study some of the deadliest viruses, has prompted concerns over a repeat of the coronavirus ...
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 ...
SEVEN people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious strain of Ebola in Uganda, as scientists race to develop a lifesaving vaccine. This marks a sharp increase from the two ...
As the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, making preparations for infectious diseases is fundamental to ...
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. To address this critical ...
The INRB lab in Goma is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies that meet the highest international standards of quality, ...
The vaccine candidate is being evaluated in a ring vaccination trial as part of a comprehensive public health response NEW ...
WHO and partners have immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan government's response to an outbreak of Sudan virus disease outbreak (SVD, part of the Ebola family), including by facilitating ...
Six species of the virus are known to cause disease in humans -- Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo, Reston, Tai Forest and Bombali.
Researchers have found that bats' strong immune systems allow them to harbor deadly viruses like Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, and ...