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

Five years after COVID-19 reached pandemic status, public health experts reflect on what we learned—and how those lessons can ...

New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

As well as protecting the monkeys from death, the treatment also evoked an immune response. Senior author Dr Thomas Geisbert ...

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an advance that may prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus. At such a ...

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Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study out Friday that could pave the way for more ...

In her new book 'A History of the World in Six Plagues,' Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood — possibly foreshadowing what's to come.

Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike ...

Scientists suspect the first person infected with Ebola in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat. Ugandan officials are still investigating ...

People usually become infected with Lassa virus through exposure to food or household items contaminated with urine or faeces of infected rats – present in some West African countries where the ...