Ebola

Health workers work in an area where an outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has been reported in eastern Congo, May 2026. Credit: WHO/L. Mackenzie

World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern

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The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. According to the WHO, it is not a global pandemic, but there is concern about regional spread due to cross-border movement, insecurity and a lack of vaccines or treatments specific to the strain.
fight against corona virus Illustration: Image by Fernando Zhiminaicela from Pixabay

Identifying a trap and finding the ultimate anti-coronavirus

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Kalachao Siyum, a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, of Ethiopian descent, shows the jawbone he discovered at a site in Afar State, Ethiopia, which dates the first species in the human lineage to 2.8 million years ago. Photo: Arizona State University

Summary of the year 2015 in science

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The Ebola virus attacks the immune system. Illustration: shutterstock

The war on Ebola / Helen Barnswell

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Free-tailed bat colony. Photo: shutterstock

The source of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa: bats

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Ebola diagnosis. Illustration: shutterstock

World Health Organization: Missed opportunity to stop Ebola spread * Obama appoints special coordinator

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Photomicrograph of an Ebola virus virion - a part of the virus that is also capable of infecting the disease. From Wikipedia, Cynthia Goldschmidt, CDC

Ebola: 4,033 dead and the rate is only increasing

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Ebola virus. Illustration: shutterstock

Ebola: the mass curfew may actually cause the acceleration of the spread and thousands of deaths already this month

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The Ebola virus is hitting Africa. Illustration: shutterstock

Ebola: The Epidemic Accelerates * Analysis of the virus genome revealed that it mutated rapidly as it spread

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Ebola virus. Illustration: shutterstock

New insights into the Ebola virus, following the unprecedented outbreak in West Africa

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A sign warning against entering an Ebola-infected area, in the 2013 outbreak in the Congo. Photo: shutterstock

With the health risk close to home, medical professionals base their attitudes toward vaccines on personal feelings and experiences

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World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan

One thousand Ebola victims; World Health Organization declares international emergency

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Ebola virus. Illustration: shutterstock

World Health Organization: Ebola virus is out of control; 729 dead so far

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Ebola virus. Illustration: shutterstock

Ebola outbreak in Africa - claimed the lives of 84 people and is difficult to stop

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Coronaviruses. From Wikipedia

Scientists warn: a new virus will wipe out humanity within five years. is that so?

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Marburg virus. Copies of its genetic material have been discovered in mammals

"Fossil" genes of viruses were discovered in an unexpected place - in the genome of vertebrates

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Two proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum help decide between cell survival and death

Doomsday viruses

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Two proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum help decide between cell survival and death

The bodies of the dead are timed bombs

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Ebola virus. Illustration: shutterstock

An experimental drug for Ebola achieved good results in monkeys

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Two proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum help decide between cell survival and death

The Ebola virus threatens the population of great apes in Africa

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Two proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum help decide between cell survival and death

14 "Stars" of biological weapons

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