The first reported outbreak of Ebola virus disease occurred in 1976 in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. Antibody responses in survivors 11 years after infection have been documented. However, ...

In a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers perform two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in parallel among adults and children to gather immunogenicity and ...

A city of 600,000 was placed under quarantine Tuesday after more than 100 people died from a disease that may be caused by one of the world's deadliest viruses. Soldiers blocked routes into Kikwit, ...

Two vaccines against the Zaire strain of Ebola virus are immunogenic and safe in both adults and children, according to initial results from two phase II clinical trials published in the New England ...

"It's a great example ... for a new vaccine that has enough preclinical safety and manufacturing quality control to be brought into the field at such an early stage," former ASTMH president Thomas ...

While Ebola virus disease in the U.S. is a rare occurrence, the FDA approval of Merck & Co. Inc.’s Ervebo, the agency’s first for preventing Ebola Zaire virus in people age 18 and older, will have a ...

Few viruses are more feared than Ebola virus, the deadly microbe that periodically attacks African villages and kills up to 90 percent of those it infects. Although other viral diseases claim more ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) two cases of ebola fever have been confirmed in Liberia, which means that the highly contagious virus has started to spread from Guinea across West ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak in Congo is confirmed to be the Zaire strain of the virus and vaccinations of health workers may start as early as Wednesday, a senior official of the World ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it had prequalified an Ebola vaccine for the first time, hailing a "critical step" towards its licensing, access and roll-out in countries most at ...