All news on the topic: Ebola virus

The ‘first line of defence’ against a deadly strain of Ebola has collapsed, Oxfam has said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak spreading across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the highest level of global health alert under international law.

Experts believe that Disease X could result in 20 times more deaths than Covid - as it appears on WHO's shortlist of priority diseases, along with viruses like SARS, Ebola and Zika

The passenger returning from a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo reported that the luggage contained dried fish, but an inspection at Boston Logan Airport revealed dead and dehydrated bodies of four monkeys, agents said

Health experts have issued a chilling warning surrounding four viruses which could spark mass deaths in 2050 - it come after scientists noticed a spike in figures

Following the dramatic ending to the annual arts festival deep in the Nevada desert, rumours began to swirl about everything from party-goers resorting to cannibalism to an ebola outbreak

An EMS nurse working on the ground at Burning Man took to TikTok to debunk rumours of an Ebola outbreak as well as a FEMA response at the chaotic, flooded festival

The World Health Organisation say that a key symptom is patients looking “ghost-like” with deep-set eyes, expressionless faces and extreme lethargy as well as bleeding

The WHO has listed nine pathogens they believe are the most 'urgent' threat to humanity. Concerned scientists are urgently researching them, but have excluded one key threat

The World Health Organization (WHO) has a 'priority' list of diseases which they say pose the greatest public health risk and are being monitored and researched to prepare for the next potential public health emergency

A town in Burundi, West Africa, has been quarantined after an outbreak of an unknown virus which causes nosebleeds. The country's health officials say they have already ruled out Ebola and Marburg

A new outbreak of a disease with a near 90% death rate kills has killed five people in Tanzania. The World Health Organisation said they hope to contain the Marburg virus 'as soon as possible'

The killer Marburg virus, which has a mortality rate of up to 88%, has been identified in Equatorial Guinea who are struggling to contain the deadly outbreak