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

Over 50 people are dead in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to an unknown virus, according to the World ...

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

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

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.

Medics have so far been unable to identify the illness from samples taken from among over 400 people infected. All samples ...

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 ...

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.

KAGERA Regional Commissioner Fatma Mwasa has urged journalists to serve as effective ambassadors in educating the public about Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) by focusing on dispelling fears and ...

Feb. 24, 2025 — Knowing where, when and for how long mallard ducks -- natural carriers of avian influenza -- stop and rest as they migrate can help predict the probability that they will spread ...