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 Ebola River in 1976 In February 2014, Piot returned to Yambuku for only the second time since 1976, to mark his 65th birthday. He met Sukato Mandzomba, one of the few who caught the virus in ...

Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. Four of the strains can cause severe illness in humans and animals. The fifth, Reston virus, has caused illness ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week, Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday, with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who ...