ebola

Ebola virus was detected in samples from a child who died last week, the World Health Organization and Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Health announce.

The House of Commons rebuked the president of the Canadian Public Health Agency for not turning over sensitive information pertaining to the dismissal of government scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory.

The woman may have had a link to another person, who was married to an Ebola survivor and who died a few days previously in Democratic Republic of Congo.

REGN-EB3 and mAb114 reduced mortality in a clinical trial carried out during the ongoing outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

The same Winnipeg lab that sent Ebola and Henipah viruses to Beijing recently removed a number of researchers for an “administrative issue.”

Researchers aim to deploy the trial in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by Ebola for a year.

Deaths attributed to the disease have outpaced those from Ebola this year.

The announcement comes as the country prepares for possible spread of the virus from Democratic Republic of Congo.

Wide availability of infection control and diagnostic resources is required to control outbreaks early.

The cases, which spread from the outbreak in the DRC, include a five-year-old boy who died.

More than 1,100 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo that started in August 2018.

After attacks on two Ebola treatment centers in Democratic Republic of Congo last week, Doctors Without Borders says public health workers are “failing” to control the epidemic.

Costly virus hunts are ineffective in protecting public health and have unfairly harmed the historically excellent safety record of bats as beneficial neighbors.

The person, whose identity has not been revealed, may have been exposed to the virus in Democratic Republic of Congo and is now at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

The study will examine the efficacy of four drugs—an antiviral and three monoclonal antibodies—that are already being used to treat patients in Democratic Republic of Congo.

As cases ramp up in Democratic Republic of Congo, the government has banned housing Ebola victims and promises police escorts for health workers at burials.

The number of cases in Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest outbreak of the virus has now surpassed 100.  

In response to a new outbreak, health workers will start administering vaccines again soon.

The bat version of the STING protein helps dampen the mammals' immune response to infection, researchers have found.