Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a global outbreak. This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, ...

When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets ...

As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

Five years ago the country's first national lockdown began. Now, as Ebola, Mpox and bird flu are deemed 'high risk', experts ...

Atravel advisory has been issued mandating that travellers have their body temperature checked at all points of entry ...

A decade after the worst of the virus’ 40 outbreaks killed 11,300 people, individuals who still bear its physical and mental ...

The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...

Health workers comb affected districts for remnant cases NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE |  Uganda’s Ministry of Health ...

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

A day after getting exposed to the Ebola virus, ten monkeys then received an Obeldesivir pill daily for ten days, while three control monkeys received no treatment and died. The study found that ...

According to a new study, an experiment on monkeys has shown that Ebola can be cured with just a pill. First discovered in ...