In her new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues, Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood ...

Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week, Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday, with a new cluster ...

Health officials are concerned about a potential outbreak of Lassa fever, a viral illness that can cause Ebola-like symptoms, after a person was confirmed to be infected after travelling from Nigeria.

The unidentified ailment has sickened 1,300 people and led to more than 50 deaths. Regardless of the cause, experts say ...

A 4-year-old child became the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda, the World Health Organization said Saturday, in a ...

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

Lassa virus is usually contracted through exposure to food or household items that have been contaminated with the urine or ...

Ebola, which is spread by contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials, manifests as a deadly hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea ...

The UK Health Security Agency is investigating possible Lassa fever cases after a traveler was diagnosed with the virus. The ...

Health officials are concerned about a potential outbreak of Lassa fever, a viral illness that can cause Ebola-like symptoms, after a person was confirmed to be infected after travelling from Nigeria.

Ebola, which is spread by contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials, manifests as a deadly hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea ...