Japan's long wait of 15 years for a BSL-4 lab to study deadly viruses got longer after public opposition to the setup at ...

The drills have become a standard part of office life. But as IT departments craft increasingly sensational ruses, employees are getting testy.

The World Health Organization's emergencies director on Friday praised the "fastest roll-out" of an Ebola vaccine trial in ...

Subscribe to Salon's weekly newsletter Lab Notes. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where another suspected Ebola outbreak was recently reported, unrelated violence erupted in the capital ...

Uganda started a vaccination trial on Monday for the Ebola Sudan virus four days after an outbreak was confirmed, the WHO announced, beginning with those deemed at highest risk. World Health ...

(Photo by CELLOU BINANI / AFP) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has tightened surveillance measures at entry points in the country owing to a fresh outbreak of Ebola disease in Uganda.

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday.

The often-deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) is confined mostly to Africa, but because of how globally connected the world is today, it is regarded as a possible health threat worldwide. Still ...

The Red Cross voiced alarm Tuesday over the risk that fighting in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma could cause samples of Ebola and other pathogens held in a laboratory to escape. The ...

The Red Cross expressed serious concern over the risk of Ebola and other pathogens escaping from a laboratory in Goma, DR Congo, due to ongoing fighting and potential power cuts. ICRC Africa director ...