For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, there is no shame in craving wild meat, a key part of the culture ...

Public-health researcher James Baguma has studied the interactions between bats, which can carry the virus, and people in the ...

The types of Ebola and hantavirus worrying officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new ...

Learn more about the deadly 2026 Ebola outbreak, including how many cases there are so far, which countries are most affected, how this outbreak compares with others in severity and more.

A remote gold mining town is under siege, as medical workers struggle to beat back a surge of deaths and infections.

For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, eating wild meat is a key part of the culture, but it can spread zoonotic diseases.

Médicins Sans Frontières says that never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration.

Over 40 people have died in a growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, where government and international aid organizations are struggling to cope with the spread of ...

This outbreak is being called "the perfect storm." How did it start, what are the characteristics of the strain that's ...

A couple of weeks ago, I covered the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship. Three people sadly died, but the outbreak ...

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo’s Ituri province has nearly 600 suspected cases and over 100 deaths, with several Americans exposed to the highly contagious disease. One US citizen is confirmed to ...

While Congo has plenty of experience with the disease, it’s one of the most difficult places in the world to contain a virus.