Officials have ruled out Ebola or Marburg virus, but say those infected are presenting symptoms of a ‘hemorrhagic fever’ ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

The World Health Organization speculated that a mass poisoning event was behind the deaths of 60 people. But African experts ...

The World Health Organization is investigating "another cluster of illness" in northern Congo, as a deadly mystery disease ...

The outbreak has been traced, tentatively, to three children who ate a bat, the W.H.O. said, and known threats like Ebola and ...

A mysterious illness has led to 53 fatalities, with many dying within hours of developing symptoms. The outbreak in Central ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

Is a new virus causing a disease outbreak and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or is it already known to science?

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...

KAGERA: KAGERA Regional Special Seats Legislator (CCM), Ms Bernadetha Mushashu, has called on parents and other stakeholders to provide incentives to top-performing pupils in order to increase the ...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has expanded the current regulated area for plum pox virus (PPV) in Ontario's Niagara region to prevent this plant disease from spreading further and to ...