LONDON – As a deadly Ebola outbreak continues in West Africa, health officials are working to calm fears about how the virus spreads, while encouraging those with symptoms to get medical care.

LONDON - The persistence of Congo's Ebola outbreak and its deadly spread to Uganda in recent days show how societal issues are as crucial as scientific advances in controlling disease outbreaks, ...

On Tuesday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States was that of a man who traveled from the West African country of Liberia ...

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Health officials in West Africa are scrambling to contain a possible widening of an Ebola outbreak after a man believed to be affected by the virus traveled by plane from Liberia to Ghana to Togo to ...

Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising fears that the disease could reach neighbouring Republic of Congo and even the capital, Kinshasa, the ...

LIBERIA (CBS Local) - Doctors have made a disturbing discovery about 2014's deadly Ebola outbreak in Africa. A woman who survived the virus is believed to have spread it one year after her initial ...

The West Africa Ebola outbreak has claimed more than 670 lives so far, spreading into four countries. Its forest fire-like, rapidly-spreading nature, according to Stephan Monroe, deputy director of ...

Government health leaders told senators today that “disastrous” variables in the Democratic Republic of the Congo create a scenario where the Ebola outbreak there can spread, including to countries ...

The findings of a new study suggest that the virus behind Ebola – a rare but severe and often fatal illness – may be spread by skin contact, by providing a comprehensive cellular map of its journey to ...