NEW YORK -- Here are seven facts from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control about Ebola and how it is spread. 1. EBOLA VIRUS HAS BEEN CONTRACTED INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

The World Health Organization announced Sunday that a vaccination campaign for frontline workers and people infected with Ebola has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The World Health Organization said limited access and adequate funding are a key challenge in its response to the Ebola ...

Filoviruses—such as Ebola and Marburg viruses—can cause hemorrhagic fevers with up to 90% lethality. Not only that, but there are very few tools (vaccines or drugs) to combat them. Now, scientists at ...

Officials confirmed Wednesday suspected German cases of the deadly Marburg virus tested negative, following fears the Ebola-like virus spread to the European country, as experts in several African ...

Pet lovers around the world have flooded social media with adorable pictures of their animals as part of an international campaign to save the dog at the centre of an Ebola row in Spain. Twitter is ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling a widening Ebola outbreak, as overstretched health services raise the threat of ...

A man who died in West Africa has tested positive for the Ebola-like Marburg virus — with health officials scrambling to stop the killer disease before it can “spread far and wide,” the World Health ...