According to a new study, an experiment on monkeys has shown that Ebola can be cured with just a pill. First discovered in 1976, Ebola, a deadly viral disease, has been thought to have crossed over ...

SCIENTISTS have found a pill that offers ‘100 per cent protection’ against Ebola – sparking hopes of eradicating the deadly ...

Most often, Ebola outbreaks have been caused by the Zaire type of the Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus) and the Sudan type (Sudan ebolavirus). During the most recent outbreaks, among which have been ...

When COVID-19 arrived in the United States five years ago, the emergence of the new virus was no surprise for pandemic expert Laurie Garrett.

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...

During 2014 to 2016, for instance, a Zaire ebolavirus outbreak ... might be effective against Sudan virus, the second most commonly encountered species of Ebola. Earlier this January, the ...

It is one of several strains of the Ebola virus known to cause outbreaks. Unlike the more common Zaire Ebola virus, there is no approved vaccine for the Sudan strain. However, the government ...

The virus is transmitted through contact with ... Existing vaccines are for the Zaire strain of Ebola, which was behind recent outbreaks in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.