A rare Ebola strain is spreading with no vaccine. Here's what you need to know

This outbreak is being called "the perfect storm." How did it start, what are the characteristics of the strain that's causing it and how much of a threat is it to global health?
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Curbing Congo’s Ebola outbreak is hampered by unknowns about the virus

Answers to key questions could help public health officials develop Ebola treatments, predict the outbreak’s trajectory and ...

As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments

The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a ...

Ebola outbreak declared a global health emergency – what you need to know

Everything you need to know about the Bundibugyo virus outbreak that has prompted the WHO to declare it a global health emergency.
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How contagious is Ebola? And how worried should you be about the current outbreak?

The number of Ebola cases has been growing – and growing by a lot — each day since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than 600 ...
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Ebola: How it spreads, the treatments available and why this outbreak is so devastating

TORONTO — As a rare strain of Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, here's what Canadians need to know. ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EBOLA? Yes. There are a ...