Rwanda begins a vaccination drive against the Marburg virus after 12 deaths and 46 cases were reported. The vaccination is initially targeting healthcare workers and close contacts of confirmed cases.
Rwanda said on Sunday it had begun administering vaccine doses against the Marburg virus to try to combat an outbreak of the Ebola-like disease in the east African country, where it has so far killed ...
While outbreaks of Marburg virus are rare, the viral hemorrhagic fever can be fatal. Here's what you need to know.
Health officials in Rwanda are dealing with the country’s first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease which, ...
2024 — Over 12 million people worldwide suffer from a chronic infection with the hepatitis D virus. This most severe viral liver disease is associated with a high risk of dying from liver ...
"A universal antiviral is the dream for stopping any kind of viral disease," says LJI Staff Scientist Reika Watanabe, Ph.D. who led the Cell study as a first author. "This study brings us a step ...
The two cases of the disease, also known as raccoon roundworm ... the county in the past include flea-borne typhus, West Nile virus and rabies. Just last week, the health department issued ...
Dr. Thompson provided News Channel 3 with a statement: Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus has been affecting deer in the zoo’s area...the zoo’s animals should not be affected by the disease ...
A patient thought to be suffering from Nipah infection is moved to an isolation ward in Kozhikode Medical College in the southern state of Kerala, India,on July 20 (Picture: Reuters) A student has ...
Forecasts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest ... ahead of the respiratory virus season.” We don’t know how effective these vaccines will be in practice.
Boosting a specific protein in the brain could help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study has found. The longstanding theory is that Alzheimer’s occurs when a protein called ...
The Florida Department of Health has announced that a recently diagnosed case of dengue fever was acquired by a patient locally from a mosquito carrying the virus in Palm Beach County. The ...