The Ebola virus is transmitted through bodily fluids such as blood, vomit or feces.

Violence against health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo is complicating the response to a massive measles outbreak and accelerating the spread of the disease, which has claimed twice as ...

(Reuters) - Global health authorities are struggling to contain the world's worst Ebola epidemic since the disease was identified in 1976. The virus has killed more than 4,900 people. Here is a ...

Since the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was declared six months ago on 1stAugust 2018, more than 740 people – 30 per cent of whom are children – have been ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

Health authorities in Guinea today declared an outbreak of Ebola in the rural community of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture after three Ebola cases were confirmed by the national laboratory, marking ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West ...