Here are some key facts and figures about the epidemic, which killed more than 11,300 people out of 28,600 cases, almost all in the three worst-affected nations of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone The ...

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia was declared free from Ebola by the government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday after 42 days without a new case of the deadly virus, which killed more ...

Ebola virus samples taken from patients in Liberia in June 2015 are strikingly similar in their genetic makeup to other Ebola virus sequences from Western Africa, according to research published ...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- On the day Mercy Kennedy lost her mother to Ebola, it was hard to imagine a time when Liberia would be free from one of the world's deadliest viruses. It had swept through ...

The recent outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease, with confirmed 81 cases have brought this question again to the world: Why are African countries disproportionately impacted by Ebola Outbreaks? The Ebola ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976. Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four ...

Ebola is so virulent that those who do test positive can only wait to die in a special ward where they are treated by medical personnel wearing protective suits and gear. The Zaire strain detected in ...

LITTLE WLEBO CAMP, Liberia, June 2 (UNHCR) – When a deadly Ebola outbreak spread across Liberia killing thousands and sickening many more, Ivorian refugee health worker Jocelyn Konet did not hesitate: ...

Army scientists working to support the Ebola virus outbreak response in West Africa have established the first genomic surveillance capability in Liberia, enabling them to monitor genetic changes in ...