In a grim assessment of the Ebola epidemic, researchers say the deadly virus threatens to become endemic to West Africa instead of eventually disappearing from humans. “The current epidemiologic ...

New Ebola Vaccine Is Tested In Humans, ... The current Ebola epidemic has killed more than 2,000 people in five West African countries, according to World Health Organization data.

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 ...

Before the 2014 outbreak in West Africa, Ebola was long thought to be a virus that primarily impacted bats. But during the recent epidemic, that all changed—killing more than 11,300 people in ...

The Ebola virus mutated to more effectively infiltrate human cells during the West African outbreak that killed more than 11,300 people between 2013 and 2016.

Ebola spreads via bodily fluids or tainted needles and razors, and it's highly contagious. Infections in humans and other primates typically cause acute fever and headaches, followed by ...

Meanwhile, since the first Ebola case was identified in 1976 there have been only 1,600 Ebola-related deaths. That, though, is not exactly good news for human populations.

U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Ebola survivor Nina Pham in the Oval Office of the White House on October 24, 2014. Pham, one of two Dallas nurses diagnosed with the virus, was declared Ebola ...

This enabled them to identify 194 human proteins that interact with Ebola virus proteins. “Many of these interactions haven't been previously implicated in facilitating the replication of Ebola ...

Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more practical, affordable treatments in humans.

A family of viruses that can cause fatal Ebola-like symptoms that is also a critical threat to macaque populations is now “poised for spillover” to humans, a new report reveals.