The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city. Butembo, a bustling city of almost a million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is ...

This is the 10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the most severe there since 1976, when scientists first identified the virus near the eponymous Ebola River.

The virus is named after the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), where one of the first outbreaks occurred in 1976.

Two Americans with Ebola to be flown back to U.S. for treatment 02:29. Amid fears that air travelers could spread Ebola to other countries, many are asking questions about the disease and how it ...

Since 1976, more than 11,000 people have been killed by the Ebola virus, and nearly 30,000 have caught it. ... The first outbreak was in Yambuku, a village 60 miles from Ebola River, in the DRC.

From the November 30, 1976 New York Times: The virus responsible for the recent epidemic of green monkey fever that claimed several hundred lives will be known as the Ebola Virus, after a river in ...

Ebola causes viral hemorrhagic fever and kills up to 90% of people who catch it. It's named after the Ebola River in DRC, where one of first outbreaks occurred in 1976.

Ebola was discovered in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks in South Sudan and Congo, where it occurred in a village near the Ebola River, after which the disease is named. Filed under diseases ...

First discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola, or Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is caused by a number of different viruses, usually found in sub-Saharan ...

The story of how Ebola got its name is short and somewhat random, according to Piot's account. Late one night, the group of scientists discussed over Kentucky bourbon what the virus they were ...

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 ...