Influenza A virus particles strategically adapt their shape -- to become either spheres or larger filaments -- to favor their ability to infect cells depending on environmental conditions, according ...

Health authorities in Uganda say Ebola cases in the country have risen to nine while 265 other people are being monitored ...

The often-deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) is confined mostly to Africa, but because of how globally connected the world is today, it is regarded as a possible health threat worldwide. Still ...

Contact with contaminated objects includes, contact with surfaces, materials (such as bedding) or medical equipment (such as needles) contaminated with a virus that can cause Ebola disease. Wash your ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) works closely with national and international partners to track Ebola disease outbreaks. These partners include the provinces and territories as well as the ...

A Bolivian man has died after contracting Chapare virus, an Ebola-like disease so rare that there have only ever been 15 confirmed cases. The man, a farmer in his 50s, came down with a headache ...

President Donald Trump ‘s order for the US to withdraw from the World Health Organization hampers US health officials’ ability to address health crises at home and abroad, health policy experts say.

(Image Credits: Reuters) Marburg outbreak in Tanzania: Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday announced an outbreak of Marburg virus which is an Ebola-like virus in the country.

The president of Tanzania has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus in the country. Marburg belongs to the same family of illnesses as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. President ...

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