As humans degrade earth’s environment, we have created a world in which diseases may be increasingly apt to fester and ...

Lassa virus kills about 1% of those who catch it, but if caught early enough, antiviral drugs can prevent serious illness.

After the coronavirus pandemic triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions, leaders at the ...

Scientists in China created a mutant Ebola virus in a lab that killed hamsters to "avoid biosafety rules". Researchers at ...

While the experiment may spark fears of another lab leak, the researchers say their goal was to find the right animal models ...

A team of researchers at Hebei Medical University engineered virus to contain parts of Ebola in a lab that killed a group of hamsters in just three days.

This project built on the expertise and insight our team gained during the 2014-15 Ebola crisis, when we worked closely and swiftly with media and NGO partners to provide life-saving information ...

The Kitum cave in Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya, is known as the world's deadliest cave. It's got some really dangerous viruses inside, like Ebola and Marburg. Experts are now worried that the ...

In Liberia, Fatu Kekula was trying to care for her family, sick with Ebola, at home using nothing more than plastic trash bags, a raincoat bought in the market, boots, a surgical mask and gloves.

The 2014 Ebola outbreak devastated West Africa, killing more than 11,000 people over a two year period. One country that suffered was Sierra Leone. Show more The 2014 Ebola outbreak devastated ...

Joel Breman, a leader in efforts to control smallpox, Ebola, malaria and several other infectious diseases, died this month in Chevy Chase, Maryland, at the age of 87. Peter Piot, a fellow disease ...