When someone is infected with Ebola, the body mounts a strong immune response, as it does in response to many pathogens. Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have ...

Back in 1994, Richard Preston scared the bejeesus out of everyone with his eye-opening non-fiction thriller "The Hot Zone". It was a gripping read, and teenage me couldn't put it down. In it, Preston ...

Bundibugyo virus is an uncommon species of Ebola-causing virus that has been linked to only two other known outbreaks ...

While the world closely watched an outbreak of hantavirus unfold on a luxury cruise ship earlier this month, another deadly infectious disease was sweeping through one of Africa’s largest countries ...