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30 Jun 2023

Cold Drinks Contaminated With Ebola Virus, Indian Government Issues Advisory?

A fake message states that the Indian government has issued advisory because one of the cold drink company's workers has mixed contaminated blood in it.

07 May 2023

New Ways Of Capturing Influenza A, Ebola Virus Are Under Development: Study

The study reveals how the immune system fights off the virus in the instance of influenza A by employing a tiny protein.

14 Feb 2023

Marburg Virus Outbreak Confirmed in Equatorial Guinea; at least Nine Dead

The advance teams have been deployed in the affected districts to trace contacts, isolate and provide medical care to people showing symptoms of the disease, details below.

24 Oct 2022

Uganda confirms 9 more Ebola cases in Kampala, asks citizens to be vigilant

Ugandan health minister Jane Ruth Aceng has asked the citizens to be vigilant and report if they or any of one they know has come in contact with the Ebola-infected person.

23 Aug 2022

New Ebola case linked to previous outbreak reported in Congo, patient dead

Congo has confirmed a new case of the Ebola virus. The 46-year-old patient was admitted to hospital in late July and died on August 15. More than 130 high-risk contacts have been identified, of which over 50 remain at large.

19 Jul 2022

Monkeypox vs Marburg virus: Which one is more DEADLY? - All details here

Marburg virus has caused two deaths in Ghana and the World Health Organisation has declared it an outbreak in the country Marburg virus, just like Monkeypox, is also a zoonotic virus or animal-borne virus The Marburg virus is a is a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever which can infect humans and animals both

18 Jul 2022

Marburg Virus Outbreak: Know all about Marburg virus symptoms, treatment

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Ghana’s first outbreak of Marburg virus The Marburg virus is a is a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever which infects humans

Viral hemorrhagic fever

22 May 2022

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever: Iraq reports 90 cases, 10 deaths- Check symptoms

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever: The VHFs are a group of diseases caused by different viruses, including the Ebola virus.

04 Aug 2018

WHO says new Ebola outbreak can't be tackled by vaccines; triggers panic

Congo declared the outbreak of new Ebola on Wednesday of which it may be impossible to use a vaccine to tackle new Ebola virus, said WHO.

09 Feb 2018

Ebola virus can persist in human reproductive organs: Study

Ebola virus disease has a maternal death rate of more than 80 percent and a fetal death rate of nearly 100 percent.

30 Dec 2017

Enzyme that could stop Ebola infection identified

Initially the researchers hope to be able to test it on animals and, in the long term, develop a drug that inhibits the relevant enzyme.

09 Oct 2017

New Ebola vaccine safe for adults and children, say scientists

The first known human cases of Ebola occurred in 1976 during two simultaneous outbreaks in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which sickened more than 600 people, according to the World Health Organization.

03 Aug 2017

Ebola can persist in survivor's semen 2 years after infection

The research team also observed the detection of Ebola virus RNA in the semen of men who had previously had a negative test of their semen in some cases.

19 Jun 2017

Newly-developed experimental Ebola vaccine found to be safe in humans!

Only mild to moderate side-effects were seen, with only three severe reactions, including headache, diarrhoea and fatigue, which were completely resolved, the researchers said.

19 May 2017

Scientists discover natural human antibodies to fight ebola virus

The broadly neutralising natural human antibodies were discovered in the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 ebola outbreak in Western Africa, which caused more than 11,000 deaths and infected over 29,000 people.

19 May 2017

Deadly Ebola cases on the rise in Congo, number goes upto 29

WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier today said the number includes two laboratory-confirmed deaths.

18 May 2017

400 contacts being traced in Congo's Ebola outbreak: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thrusday said that health workers are monitoring more than 400 people amid an Ebola outbreak in a remote corner of Congo where already three deaths have been blamed on the deadly virus.

14 May 2017

UN agency announces 2 more suspected Ebola cases in Congo

The UN agency said yesterday there are now 11 suspected cases, including three reported deaths, in Likati in Congo's northern Bas-Uele Province. WHO said one death has tested positive for an Ebola strain seen in the country before.

28 Apr 2017

11 dead of mystery illness in Liberia as Ebola virus is ruled out

United Nations officials say at least 11 people have died from a mysterious illness in Liberia, and tests have been negative for the Ebola virus.

15 Mar 2017

Two-part vaccine regimen to fight Ebola may offer a year's protection

The trial, conducted by Matthew D. Snape of the University of Oxford and colleagues, enrolled healthy participants aged 18-50 years in Britain.

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