When the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak hit parts of Tanzania in early 2025, the Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS) ...

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over into livestock or even humans.

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now come ...

Tanzania experienced its first Marburg outbreak in March 2023 in the Bukoba district. It killed six people and lasted for nearly two months. WHO director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said ...

(Web Desk) - Researchers have identified 20 new viruses, 2 of which are closely related to deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses, in the kidneys of bats in southwestern China. Nipah and Hendra circulate in ...

Rwanda discharged the last Marburg patient on Nov. 8 and had reported no new confirmed cases since Oct. 30. However, WHO officials and Rwanda's Health Minister Dr. Sabin Nzanzimana on Friday said ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) are contributing to the development of a new vaccine designed to provide broad protection ...

Over the past decades, research on Ebola and Marburg viruses has grown increasingly vital due to the severe, often fatal, nature of these haemorrhagic fevers and their potential for causing epidemics.

Global health specialists talk about the consequences of the full or partial ban on travel to the U.S. from 19 countries.

The outbreak, which was traced to a grower in Florida, has spread to 18 states, according to the C.D.C. Several distributors and stores, including Target, have recalled products containing cucumbers.