More than 1,800 people have died and more than 2,700 have been infected in the latest outbreak of Ebola in central Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the crisis a public ...

A health worker monitors the temperature of a traveller from the DR Congo One of the world's deadliest viruses, Ebola kills up to half of those it infects. But despite appearing to have all the ...

Ebola virus, being highly pathogenic for humans and non-human primates and the subject of former weapons programmes, is now one of the most feared pathogens worldwide. In addition, the lack of pre ...

Apr. 25, 2023 — Viruses like influenza A and Ebola invade human cells in a number of steps. Research teams investigated the final stages of viral penetration using electron tomography and ...

Thousands of vials of biological substances — including some labeled “HIV” — and a freezer marked “Ebola” were found inside a ...

Targeting Ebola virus -- and more As Watanabe explains, targeting the nucleocapsid spells game over for the virus. "If you don't have a nucleocapsid, nothing can happen.

At this moment, the world has few tools to combat deadly filoviruses, such as Ebola and Marburg viruses. The only approved vaccine and antibody treatments protect against just one filovirus species.

Rwanda’s first recorded infections of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like hemorrhagic fever, is another sign that outbreaks of dangerous animal-borne diseases will become more frequent in an ...

The Ministry of Health has launched a comprehensive Ebola preventive vaccination campaign to safeguard vulnerable populations against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) after securing vaccines for ...

The 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities and strengths of public health systems. As the world continues to face emerging and re-emerging infectious ...

Rwanda has reported eight deaths attributed to the highly contagious Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease, just days after declaring an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever, which currently ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. UNMC's first Ebola patient, Dr. Richard Sacra, recalls his time as a patient 10 years ago Ten years after becoming the first ...