Ebola virus Stories

Uganda's health ministry said in a statement late on Monday that of the nine confirmed cases one person had died, seven were being treated in a hospit...

The trial, which uses a vaccine provided by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), is seen as a critical step in controlling the outbreak.

The trial will target those at the highest risk of infection, including individuals who have had close contact with confirmed or deceased Ebola patien...

Uganda this week confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it.

The patient, a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, had initially sought treatment at various facilities, including Mulago,...

The vaccine was deployed during the 2018-2020 Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo under emergency use authorisation.