The Ebola virus that's causing the devastating outbreak in West Africa didn't even have a name just 38 years ago when it first surfaced and caused a mysterious illness among villagers in Zaire, now ...

The first known Ebola outbreak devastated a small village called Yambuku and the surrounding area in the north of the Congo in 1976. When it started to kill patients in a missionary hospital, a ...

Liberia is nearing a milestone. On May 9, its Ebola outbreak will be officially declared over, assuming no new cases between now and then. Old syringes are filled with oil to grease squeaky locks and ...

In August 1976, a 44-year-old headmaster named Mabalo Lokela arrived back in the town of Yambuku in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after two weeks spent touring with a local mission. A few days ...

Survivors of the world’s first known Ebola outbreak have immunity to the virus 40 years after they were infected, scientists have found. “It’s interesting to see that after such a long time, people ...

The Ebola virus was first reported in 1976 near the Ebola River in the village of Yambuku in DRC. This first reported outbreak killed 280 of the 318 people known to have been infected. Much of the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Get on that plane now! You know, they are crazy here!” shouts the manager of Kin Avia, a rare charter airline ...

This summer, a small Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was quickly and effectively contained — clear proof of how much scientists have learned about the deadly virus since it ...

Liberia is nearing a milestone. On May 9, its Ebola outbreak will be officially declared over, assuming no new cases between now and then. Dr. Peter Piot, the director of the London School of Hygiene ...