After the first Ebola death in Uganda in years, a senior health official says authorities in the African nation are "in full ...

Uganda's health authorities say they are in "in full control of the situation," and are working to contain the outbreak.

Ebola occurs when someone is infected with orthoebolavirus zairense, which is a virus mainly found in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Symptoms of Ebola infection include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, and internal and external bleeding. The World Health Organisation ...

A fresh Ebola outbreak has emerged in Uganda, with a 32-year-old male nurse succumbing to the disease in Kampala. The Ministry of Health confirms the case as Sudan Ebola Virus Disease. The outbreak ...

Ebola is a rare but severe illness that is often fatal and is spread through physical contact. Outbreaks of the virus have occurred in central and west Africa, with the Democratic Republic of ...

Bitter fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sparked fears that highly dangerous Ebola viruses could be released from a laboratory in a city stormed by Rwandan-backed rebels.

The highly contagious Ebola virus has claimed more than 15,000 lives since it was first identified in central Africa in 1976.

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