Recurrent outbreaks of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) pose substantial threats to Africa's health systems. Despite advancements such as vaccines and therapeutics, successful outbreak containment ...

First identified in 1976 and thought to have crossed over from bats, Ebola is a deadly viral disease spread through direct ...

The list of 24 infectious diseases has been created to help scientists make new tests, vaccines and medication in preparation ...

Healthy pigs at ILRI's Clinical Research Facility. Image courtesy ILRI. An electron micrograph of an African swine fever virus particle ...

That era might now be over. In recent years, the U.S. had already begun to neglect its public-health infrastructure, ...

Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock ...

A recent study estimates if ASFV reached the United States it could result in economic losses exceeding $50 billion over a ten-year period.

The UK Health Security Agency, or UKHSA, on Tuesday shared its new list of viruses and bacteria that pose biosecurity ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...

This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, but since it was first identified in 1976, there have actually been more than 20 serious Ebola incidents. Thankfully, none of them had the ...

Mar. 27, 2025 — New research strongly suggests that Kawasaki disease is caused by a single respiratory virus that is yet to be identified. Findings contradict the ... Mar. 17, 2025 — Existing ...