The virulence of Ebola virus strains appears to be innately linked to the degree of disorder in proteins that form their nucleocapsids. Computational analysis has revealed that strains responsible ...

As Osterholm notes in his piece, in 2012 researchers found that a strain of Ebola was spread from pigs to nonhuman primates via the air in a different lab setting. The virus, however, did not then ...

SEVEN people have tested positive and two have died from a highly contagious strain of Ebola in Uganda, as scientists race to develop a lifesaving vaccine. This marks a sharp increase from the two ...

The man died a few days later, on Nov. 27. Last Friday health officials confirmed the reason for Ssesanga's doubt: a new strain of the deadly Ebola virus is spreading through Uganda. Ssesanga's ...

This health centre, reached only by foot across the Bwamba Pass or by an arduous mountain drive from Bundibugyo town, was the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak late in 2007 that killed 37 and confounded ...

An Ebola outbreak that began in September is spreading quickly in Uganda. So far, four healthcare workers have died battling the outbreak. This strain of Ebola isn't covered by existing vaccines ...

The East African country declared an outbreak of Ebola on Sept. 20 and said infections were being caused by the Sudan strain. Uganda's health ministry has confirmed a total of 54 Ebola cases and ...

The World Health Organization director for Africa said Uganda has started a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there is currently no approved vaccine.

Health officials in Uganda are scrambling to catch up to a burgeoning Ebola outbreak caused by a lesser-seen Ebolavirus species called Sudan virus (SUDV), for which there is no vaccine or treatment.

A deadly virus has been engineered by Chinese scientists using a glycoprotein found in Ebola that wiped out a group of hamsters. Researchers at Hebei Medical University found that the hamsters ...

KAMPALA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks ...