Accidents with anthrax bacteria and a deadly virus are among the safety mishaps reported during 2024 by UTMB and the ...

Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation's health system and ...

The Tanzanian government is taking decisive action to combat the resurgence of Marburg virus disease (MVD), implementing ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

False. The virus has no evolutionary or scientific link to snake venom proteins. AAP FACTCHECK - The Marburg virus has been falsely identified as a "snake venom protein" in social media posts warning ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

President Donald Trump , who announced the US would withdraw from the World Health Organization, has floated a proposal to ...

Thanks to their bacteria-heavy "diet," these viruses could ... Depending on what kind of virus it is, a virion will hijack a specific type of host cell and then steal that cell's energy to feed ...

DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed the country's second outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in two years. Speaking at a joint news conference with World ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the centre of the story of humanity. Overcrowding can lead to disaster, and yet ...

Influenza virus is an infectious agent belonging to the virus family Orthomyxoviridae that causes a respiratory tract infection (influenza or 'flu') in vertebrates. There are three main species ...