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The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. It was the largest Ebola outbreak since the virus had first been discovered in the ...

REUTERS - Four West African countries are struggling with the worst Ebola outbreak in history, one that has begun to spread to other nations. Below are some facts regarding the outbreak:+ - The ...

In his new book about Ebola, science writer David Quammen has some harsh words for the author of another book about the virus — Richard Preston's best-seller The Hot Zone. The experts said, "Ebola is ...

The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the most severe in the country’s history, according to the government. Ebola outbreak threatens city of a million people in DR ...

At least nine people in Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola, the World Health ...

A faculty-researcher at Rochester Institute of technology has developed a prototype micro device with bio-sensors that can detect the deadly Ebola virus. With this type of device, those infected can ...