Ebola Stories
- Congo is now dealing with a second Ebola outbreak, adding to the COVID-19 problems they are facing.
- While initial symptoms of Ebola are not too distinctive, a continued spread of the virus can cause severe bleeding, organ failure, and potential death.
- Researchers find traces of Ebola RNA, the genetic material, in survivors' semen years after infection.
- New research suggests only a small number of people known as 'superspreaders' are responsible for nearly two-thirds of Ebola cases during the 2014 outbreak in West Africa.
- New research suggests it's possible to contract the Ebola virus, known for its high death toll and gruesome symptoms, and never know it.
- These three diseases may be cured sooner than we think.
- Researchers get a more complete look at how the Ebola virus so efficiently disables a host's immune system.
- Why are some individuals naturally immune to certain diseases, such as HIV and Ebola, despite frequent exposures?
- Guinea has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, the second such declaration from the country at the epicenter of the world's worst outbreak of the disease.
- The world’s scientific community is focused on how to improve detection and responses to emerging diseases such as Zika virus and Ebola. So what can we learn from the most recent large-scale outbreaks?
- World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the Ebola crisis was "a wake-up call to the world."
- Researchers used genome sequencing to examine how Ebola spread toward the end of the epidemic.