Ebola is rare, deadly and has multiple variants. There is a vaccine for the Zaire type. Now, trials for another strain are ...

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 ...

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

SEVEN people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious strain of Ebola in Uganda, as scientists race to ...

Dr Aceng emphasised the relevance of safe, dignified burials for Ebola victims due to the high risk of infection ...

As a precaution, the CDC is urging U.S. healthcare organizations to reinforce Ebola preparedness protocols amid a newly confirmed outbreak in Uganda. The outbreak, caused by the Sudan virus, was ...

The world’s richest man is boasting about destroying the U.S. Agency for International Development, which saves the lives of the world’s poorest children, saying he shoved it “into the wood chipper.” ...

At least one person has died in the country's latest outbreak. US aid has been key to containing previous outbreaks. How will ...

Elizabeth Shackelford is senior policy director at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and a ...

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 ...

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 ...