Ebola virus disease is a rare but often deadly condition that causes fever, body aches, diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding inside and outside the body. It's caused by viruses commonly called Ebola ...

An outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda is a result of Sudan virus, the World Health Organization has confirmed.. Samples from a patient in the Mubende district of central Uganda tested positive ...

About 5,000 people die of the virus each year in West Africa among the approximately 100,000 to 300,000 annual cases, the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Marburg virus disease causes people to quickly develop severe illness and fever, which could lead to shock or death. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this illness.

Public health officials across the world are monitoring the spread of a deadly virus ominously known as "bleeding eye disease". But what exactly is it? At least 66 people have been infected and 15 ...

Ebola occurs when someone is infected with orthoebolavirus zairense, which is a virus mainly found in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The ...

Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a severe infectious disease illness caused by the Zaire ebolavirus. The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

Researchers have identified 20 new viruses, including two closely related to the deadly nipah and hendra, in bats in ...