ebola

Scientists develop a vaccine that protects mice against a deadly strain of the Ebola virus.

(Thomas Jefferson University) Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, among other institutions, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have developed single vaccines to protest against both rabies and the Ebola virus.

(University of Illinois at Chicago) University of Illinois at Chicago scientists report they've discovered small molecules that appear to bind to the outer protein coat of the Ebola virus, possibly blocking the virus from entering human cells.

The finding may open new paths to treatment of Ebola and the related Marburg viral disease.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The mystery virus that left four of five patients with viral hemorrhagic fever dead in a 2008 outbreak in South Africa appears to be a novel arenavirus similar in severity to its viral cousin Ebola, researchers reported.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A form of ebola virus has been detected in pigs for the first time, raising concerns it could mutate and threaten humans, scientists report....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus.

The so-called "Lujo" virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, but a fifth survived, perhaps helped by a medicine recommended by the scientists....