Rwanda's outbreak of the Marburg virus was declared over this week by the World Health Organization ( WHO) and the Rwandan ...

The Kenyan government is on high alert following an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda. On September 27, Rwanda reported an outbreak, with over 50 people infected and 13 deaths recorded.

In the dark depths of Python Cave in Uganda, a leopard lunges at a bat perched atop a mound of guano. But this isn’t just a snapshot of predator and prey—it's a stunning revelation. The bat belongs to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda due to an outbreak of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus disease, or MVD, is a serious, often fatal disease ...

Psaki is a former U.S. coordinator for global health security of the National Security Council. On Saturday, Jan. 11, as we entered the final week of the Biden-Harris administration, I got a call ...

A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that ...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on Monday that a sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania has tested positive for the highly contagious Marburg disease, a virus with a ...

On Jan. 20, Tanzania declared an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in Biharamulo District in the northwestern part of the country’s Kagera Region. The announcement comes after public health ...

East Africa continues to grapple with the growing threat of deadly viruses, with the Marburg virus now posing a significant risk to the region. Recently, Tanzania reported a suspected outbreak of ...

Over the past decades, research on Ebola and Marburg viruses has grown increasingly vital due to the severe, often fatal, nature of these haemorrhagic fevers and their potential for causing epidemics.

Dr. Tsion Firew, an emergency physician in Kigali, recalls the terrifying early days of Rwanda's Marburg outbreak and how she ...