Ebola viruses are filamentous, enveloped, nonsegmented RNA viruses. Although most Ebola viruses, notably Ebola-Zaire virus, are highly infectious for primates and can cause severe haemorrhagic ...

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, ...

Scientists at the NIAID Vaccine Research Center have developed human monoclonal neutralizing antibodies for treatment and prevention of Ebola Zaire disease. Scientists at the NIAID Vaccine Research ...

FDA Accepts Merck’s Biologics License Application (BLA) and Grants Priority Review for V920, the Company’s Investigational Vaccine for Ebola Zaire Virus Merck Continues to Expand Investigational ...

An interdisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Profectus BioSciences, Inc. has developed a quick-acting vaccine that is both safe and effective with a single ...

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 ...

Ebola viruses cause a severe and often deadly illness known as Ebola virus disease (EVD; previously referred to as Ebola hemorrhagic fever). Fatality rates during EVD outbreaks can be as high as 90 ...

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 ...

Merck & Co. Inc.’s Ervebo has become the first FDA-approved vaccine to prevent Ebola Zaire virus in people age 18 years and older. The FDA decision comes well before the March 14, 2020, PDUFA date.

On the first day of President Trump's second term, he signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health ...