Reports of a so called “bleeding eye” virus have collided with public anxiety about secretive government research, creating a ...

At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola. This marks the country's first known outbreak of the highly contagious disease, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ethiopia became the sixth country in the last 5 years to report an outbreak of Marburg virus. There are no ...

Marburg virus disease is a severe, often fatal, infection passed from fruit bats to people. In a September 2024 Marburg virus disease outbreak in two Rwandan hospitals, mortality rates may have been ...

Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever for testing earlier this week. The virus is the same ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The head of the World ...

Kenya has heightened its preparedness for a potential Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak following the confirmation of a case in Tanzania's Kagera region on Sunday, January 20. The Ministry of ...

MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been infected with Marburg virus, a deadly illness similar to Ebola. This marks the country’s first known ...

The disease has an average fatality rate of 50% WHO is helping contain the outbreak and prevent spread MONDAY, Nov. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — At least nine people in southern Ethiopia have been ...