with both countries working to monitor and contain the virus. Newsweek contacted the WHO by email on Monday, requesting ...

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The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a suspected outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region of ...

A case of the bleeding virus Marburg has been confirmed in Tanzania, a week after authorities denied there was an outbreak.

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease.

The disease is a close cousin of Ebola, causing similar symptoms and spreading in the same way. It can cause death in up to ...

Officials previously questioned whether the deadly disease was indeed present in the African country, which had seen 8 suspected Marburg deaths.

AN outbreak of a lethal ‘eye-bleeding’ virus has been confirmed in Tanzania, the president has announced. It comes just a ...

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister ...

Tanzania has implemented new health measures following an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the Kagera region.

The WHO had initially reported on January 14 that Marburg had claimed the lives of eight people in Tanzania's Kagera ... confirmed the presence of the virus, which is similar to Ebola, and is ...