A WOMAN has died from Nipah, a brain-swelling virus spread by bats that has been dubbed the ‘next pandemic threat’. The case ...

DEADLY smallpox, which claimed the lives of an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century, could help trigger the next ...

Island Pharmaceuticals has secured a US patent for the use of Galidesivir to treat deadly filoviridae family viruses such as Marburg and Ebola. Patent Number 12,508,266 provides intellectual property ...

Patent Number 12,508,266 provides intellectual property protection for a broad range of claims for the use of the drug to treat viral infections from the filoviridae family, which tend to be easily ...

Filoviruses were the next major challenge. Filoviruses such as Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) can cause viral hemorrhagic fever, with fatality rates reaching up to 90%. During the ...

Filoviruses, such as Ebola virus and Marburg virus, can cause viral hemorrhagic fever, with fatality rates reaching up to 90%. While two vaccines are approved for Ebola, no vaccine provides broad ...

An illustration of a self-assembling protein nanoparticle (SApNP) displaying Ebola virus surface proteins. This vaccine strategy is designed to help the immune system more effectively and respond to ...

Scientists turn nanoparticles into virus 'showcases' to help the immune system recognize deadly threats. (Nanowerk News) Filoviruses get their name from the Latin word “filum,” meaning thread—a ...

Bats can be awfully cute (and are vital to a healthy environment), but they can also play host to some pretty nasty viruses. One example is a family of potentially deadly viruses known as filoviruses, ...

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 ...