Nine of the 11 patients treated for Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the United States survived. The 2 who died weren’t American citizens. Delayed access to critical care probably contributed to ...

We talked about Ebola, and took comfort that it isn’t passed pneumonically. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized what a vector for transmission an airplane toilet would be.

Elsewhere in the WaPo, a writer says that there is little danger to America. Excerpt: The reason Ebola — a disease that has a relatively low transmission rate — has spread so dramatically and ...

Chinese scientists have engineered a new virus, similar to Ebola, that can prove fatal in ... Ya Ya the giant panda heading ...

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 ...

Not only do these results provide us with a greater understanding of another way in which Ebola may spread, but the model used could be a cheap and effective way of finding new treatments too ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, a major transport hub. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the case could be a "game ...

But more recent outbreaks, including the 2013–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, demonstrated that infectious Ebola virus (EBOV) is also found on the skin's surface of those who have succumbed ...

Early symptoms of Ebola include fever, fatigue, and headache. Ebola, a rare yet highly fatal viral disease, continues to pose a significant threat to human health. The virus is primarily ...