Guinea recently experienced its second outbreak of the Ebola virus disease within the last decade. This outbreak began when a case was reported in January 2021 in a town named Gouéké, located over 100 ...

Ebola virus may hide in apparently healthy survivors and trigger new disease outbreaks years later, according to a genomic study published in Nature Wednesday, a finding that challenges scientists’ ...

Scientists and global health officials are investigating whether the current Ebola outbreak in Guinea may have been triggered by a person who was first infected with the virus during the Ebola ...

As new Ebola outbreaks have been reported in Africa, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring the situation to make sure the viral disease doesn't enter the United ...

Johnson and Johnson's two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen is safe, well tolerated and produces a strong immune response in people over the age of one, according to two new articles. Johnson & Johnson's two ...

As the world approaches the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, another viral threat is emerging again in Africa. On February 7, the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed four cases ...

A patient has tested positive for Ebola in Abidjan, a city of more than 4 million people, marking the first case of the disease in Ivory Coast in more than a quarter century, the World Health ...

A large international research group released a paper today suggesting that Ebola viruses can emerge from five years of dormancy to trigger a new outbreak of infections. While this isn’t the first ...

An experimental Ebola vaccine appeared effective in children and adults in a clinical trial. Two doses of Johnson & Johnson's Ebola vaccine appear safe, well tolerated and produce a strong immune ...

“Too many lives have been lost. Families, communities and nations have been devastated. … Our marathon effort has been a success, but the last mile may be the most difficult path.” That was U.N.

A year after it first announced that flights from China and Europe would be funneled to select U.S. airports to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ...

Ebola has historically been considered a zoonotic disease, that is, a disease caused by a pathogen people acquire from other animals, often referred to as spillover. Spillover is the source for most ...