The threat posed by any infectious disease depends not only on how it affects the body, but also on how easily it spreads ...

During 2014 to 2016, for instance, a Zaire ebolavirus outbreak in West Africa infected almost 30,000 people and killed more than 11,000.

These heroes are constantly surrounded by sick people. Early in the course of an Ebola infection, the illness can resemble other more common diseases like malaria, influenza and dengue fever.

DALLAS (AP) -- A Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for an infected Liberian man graduated from nursing school four years ago and was certified in critical care procedures two months ...

The CDC confirmed today that they had received at least 100 complaints from individuals upset about the prospect of purposefully flying Ebola-infected patients into the U.S., but Davis, who lives ...

With measles outbreaks spreading across the UK, a scientist has revealed the most infectious diseases on the planet.

On Thursday, the World Health Organization said that more than 1,900 people have died in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak. There have been 3,500 confirmed or probable cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone ...

However, finding those regulators of viral infection using existing methods has been difficult and is especially challenging for the most dangerous viruses like Ebola that require stringent high ...

Ali Yanik In 2010, Ahmet Ali Yanik published his first paper on the rapid detection of Ebola virus using new biosensor technology he and colleagues at Boston University had invented. But he found ...