ebola
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Tanzania Reports Its First Outbreak of the Deadly Marburg Virus
At least eight people have been infected and five are dead (including one healthcare worker) in a new outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania, according to a Monday statement from the World Health Organisation. It is Tanzania’s first-ever confirmed outbreak of the deadly disease.
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Ebola Can Linger in the Brains of Survivors Even After Antibody Treatment, Study Suggests
New research in animals seems to confirm the frightening resilience of the Ebola virus. The study found that the virus could routinely persist in the brains of monkeys following treatment with monoclonal antibodies, even sometimes resurfacing weeks later to cause acute illness and death. The findings, the authors say, highlight the need to monitor the…
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Ebola Has Returned to Africa and Officials Are Racing to Contain It
The deadly viral disease Ebola has once again surfaced in Africa, and health officials are rushing out vaccines and other measures to stop its spread. As of Tuesday, there have been at least 11 cases and seven deaths in two countries, including Guinea, which had a massive outbreak in 2013 that ultimately left 11,000 dead.…
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A New Case Of Ebola Scuttles WHO’s Plan To Declare The Outbreak Over
Just days before the World Health Organisation was set to declare the official end of the world’s second-deadliest outbreak of Ebola, a new case in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was reported Friday. Now, it’s uncertain when this outbreak will truly end.