Medicine & TechnologyMarburg virus is a highly dangerous illness that, according to experts, starts in fruit bats. It was first detected in Germany in 1967.
The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declares the end of the second Ebola outbreak in Guinea, which emerged in mid-February and claimed 12 lives.
The coronavirus disease is as dangerous as Ebola, according to researchers at the University of Liverpool. It's not just a bad dose of flu because it kills four out of 10 people it infects.
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has healthcare professionals worrying about the range of complications, including eye complications.
The Ebola RNA in test environments can be detected within five minutes by combining automated sample processing, fluorescence sensing and a unique CRISPR-Cas13a assay originated from a bacterial adaptive immune system
More than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been diagnosed with this hemorrhagic fever and the number of dead people are growing by the minute.
Only the request from the DRC officials is needed by the WHO to deploy the Ebola vaccine. Though the vaccine is still unlicensed, WHO said its ready to be used as a cure for the victims of the Congo outbreak.