Ebola spreads through direct contact with the body fluids of a symptomatic person or with contaminated clothing or other materials. Ebola virus is in saliva and other body fluids but has not been ...

Ebola is spreading through eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo faster than health workers can respond, the ...

Global experts are questioning the decision to send American patients to Kenya instead of specialized quarantine and ...

An outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in the DRC has killed 130 and infected hundreds more. What to know about the Bundibugyo ...

An outbreak of an Ebola virus in central Africa has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the ...

Uganda has closed its border with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo with immediate effect to try to limit the spread ...

Ebola is one of the deadliest diseases on Earth. With a fatality rate as high as 90%, it’s among a handful of illnesses so dangerous that governments consider them threats to national security.

An immunologist says Ebola's long incubation period means it could cross borders silently, though risk of spread to the U.S. remains low for now as the African outbreak continues.

The virus circulated undetected for weeks. Heavy population movement in the area could make it spread farther.

Uganda temporarily closes its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo to curb the spread of Ebola :: Dr. Diana Atwine, ...

Dr. Robert Redfield said he feared an Ebola outbreak would spread through central Africa.

It only takes a small amount of contact with an infected individual to contract the fatal disease ...