Latest Ebola virus News
Sierra Leone begins nationwide rollout of Ebola vaccine a decade after deadly outbreak
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 years ago resulted in the death of thousands. The 2014 Ebola outbreak – the...
Rwanda's Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is being investigated
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities said Thursday, as the East African country searches for the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities. There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that...
Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
Kigali, RWANDA (AP) — Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus...
