A technical team from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) is in Rwanda as part of the preparations for a study on Marburg virus immunity among recovered patients.Led by Rwanda ...

The Trump administration is limiting the nation’s ability to respond to infectious disease as Marburg, Ebola rise ...

Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week.

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, ...

A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023. Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ...

Ignore TikTok video claiming Marburg outbreak in Uganda and possible lockdownIN SHORT: A video that has been making the rounds since December 2024 claims Uganda's health minister has announced an ...

The Marburg virus, a close relative of Ebola, is a deadly disease that causes haemorrhaging and has a high mortality rate. This virus has recently resurfaced in Tanzania, infecting nine people and ...

Additionally, 25 people with suspected infections whose test results were later negative for Marburg virus are being closely monitored. This is the second Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania.

a family that includes both Marburg and Ebola, also remains the largest in a high-income country: in 1967, a total of 31 people fell ill with MVD in Germany (including in the virus’s eponymous ...

“One person was found to be infected with the virus, while others tested negative except for other diseases,” President Hassan reported. This marks the second time the country has experienced a ...