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A form of ebola virus has been detected in pigs for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and threaten humans, scientists report.
A researcher who may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus was declared healthy and released from isolation at a German hospital Thursday, having been spared the horrific symptoms of the disease.
It was a nightmare scenario: A scientist accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice.
An Ebola virus outbreak in a remote province of Congo that left 15 people dead has stabilized with no new reported cases in the last two weeks, the World Health Organization said Monday.
An Ebola virus outbreak has killed 11 people in western Congo, the health minister said.
In a Dec. 7 story about Ebola in Uganda, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Scott Myhre, an American doctor working in the East African country, didn't wear a mask or other protective gear when treating patients before Ebola was confirmed. Myhre did wear a mask, but did not take special precautions against Ebola — including wearing goggles and boots — before the presence of the virus was confirmed.
For more than a week, Dr. Scott Myhre didn't wear a mask or other protective gear when treating the listless patients who were flocking to his hospital in western Uganda.
A new form of the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in an outbreak in western Uganda that has so far killed 16 people, the World Health Organization said Friday.
An Ebola outbreak that killed six people in Congo has been contained, the World Health Organization and government officials said Tuesday.
YET more evidence is in that the Ebola virus is spreading in a wave across Africa - putting the world's last big populations of lowland gorillas directly in its path.
Exclusive: Rare virus poses new threat to troopsKANDAHAR, Afghanistan | U.S. military officials sent a medical team to a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan this week to take blood samples from members of an Army unit after a soldier in the unit died from an Ebola-like virus.
Good News: It Isn't Airborne. Bad News: New Trans-Species Virus From Rats Kills 80% of Infected HumansA PREVIOUSLY unknown virus that killed four of the five people it struck in an outbreak in South Africa last year has been identified as part of a family of viruses humans can catch from rats.
Ebola Virus (Reston Strain) Identified in Philippine Pigs, Six Pig HandlersDon't worry, it can't hurt you—yet. Scientists have identified Reston ebolavirus—a member of the deadly Ebola group of hemorrhagic viruses—in domestic swine from the Philippines.
Ebola found in pigs for first time raising fears it could mutate and threaten humans A form of Ebola virus has been detected in pigs for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and threaten humans, scientists report.
We all were aware of the terrible Ebola in Africa while in the United States Peace Corps. There were pictures and articles of villages where the Ebola caused the skin of people to fall off in patches all over their bodies.
Deadly New Ebola-like Virus DiscoveredExperts have identified a highly contagious and lethal new viral disease, which infected five people in Southern Africa. With some similarities to Ebola, the so-called Lujo virus may have passed to people from rodents. More Articles
Scientist Gets Deadly Ebola from Experimental VaccineA scientist accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice.
As a writer, it is imperative to remain objective at all times, but this week the idiocy and the downright silliness of the human psyche make that objectivity absolutely impossible...
Researchers Worldwide Rally to Help Scientist Exposed to EbolaThe accidental exposure of a scientist to the Ebola virus last week has triggered a series of teleconferences by Ebola scientists on two sides of the Atlantic united around a single goal: to help save the life of their colleague, an unnamed virologist at the Bernard Nocht Institu …
The Ebola-Reston scare in the PhilippinesThe Ebola-Reston (ERV,) the fifth subtype of the virus was first found in Philippine monkeys. It has caused disease in primates, but not in humans.
1st US case of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever confirmed in ColoradoThe first U.S. case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in Colorado, and authorities say the patient — who contracted the rare illness while traveling in Uganda — has since recovered.
Merry Christmas: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared on 25 December an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Mweka District, Kasai Occidental province based on laboratory results from the Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIR …
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Confirmed in DRCBlood samples from patients in the Western Kasai Province in central Democratic Republic of Congo that were sent to laboratories in Gabon have tested positive for Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
New strain of deady Ebola virus discoveredScientists said Friday an outbreak of Ebola that killed 37 people in Uganda last year was sparked by a hitherto unknown species of one of the world's most notorious viruses.
New strain of deadly Ebola virus discovered Scientists say an outbreak of Ebola that killed 37 people in Uganda last year was sparked by a hitherto unknown species of one of the world's most notorious viruses.
New Bio Lab on a Texas Island Worries Environmentalists and Locals - NYTimes.comHow a laboratory where scientists plan to study viruses like Ebola and Marburg ended up on a barrier island where hurricanes regularly wreak havoc puzzles some environmentalists and community leaders. More Articles
GALVESTON, TX - President Bush "toured" the Galveston beach front earlier today, although all media outlets I checked did NOT show anything from the Bolivar peninsula down to Crystal Beach, and on towards the West End.
Dutch woman dies of Ebola-like feverA Dutch woman has died from Marburg fever, a highly contagious Ebola-like virus she is thought to have caught from bats while touring caves in Uganda, hospital officials said Friday.
Scientists Uncover Deadly Ebola Virus's "Achilles' Heel"In a breakthrough that could eventually help tame one of the deadliest virsuses known to man, researchers have laid bare the key to Ebola's power: a lone protein that resides on its surface.
Breakthrough paper on Ebola virusResearchers have determined the crystal structure of the Ebola virus surface protein that binds host cells. The paper is a "breakthrough"
Vaccine for Ebola Virus Clears Primate TestingOne of the world's deadliest diseases, caused by the Ebola virus, may finally be preventable thanks to US and Canadian researchers, who have successfully tested several Ebola vaccines in primates and are now looking to adapt them for human use.
M15 in terrorist checks on 800 killer virus labs MI5 and anti-terrorist police are carrying out secret background checks on thousands of scientists amid fears that Al Qaeda is trying to infiltrate British research laboratories to obtain deadly viruses.
Medical News: ASM BIODEFENSE: Vaccine Protects Monkeys Against Ebola and Marburg Infection - in Public Health & Policy, Public Health from MedPage TodayArmy medical researchers reported an experimental vaccine against both Ebola and Marburg virus protected 100% of vaccinated monkeys, whereas unvaccinated animals succumbed to infection, .
'Safe Ebola' created for researchScientists have made the lethal virus Ebola harmless in the lab, potentially aiding research into a vaccine or cure. Taking a single gene from the virus stops it replicating, US scientists wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
Inside Ebola's zone of death"Uganda is gripped by fear of an epidemic 'explosion' as the killer virus develops a slower and potentially more lethal version
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