a research organisation that tests infectious and respiratory disease vaccines and therapeutics. “They’re a lot more spoken about since the [Covid] pandemic.” The unfamiliarity of the name ...

By Edward Carver This month Washington became the last state on the U.S. West Coast to reject salmon aquaculture over environmental concerns. A new lawsuit now takes aim at operations on the country’s ...

The new case of Clade 1b Mpox was detected in East Sussex in a person who had recently returned from Uganda, where there is currently an outbreak of the virus strain. They are now under specialist ...

According to the WHO, the average fatality rate is around 50% but as many as 88% of infected patients can die depending on the strain and infection management. The virus is transmitted to people ...

Tanzania’s president has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), a highly infectious virus like Ebola that can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of cases without treatment.

In severe cases, the infection can cause serious respiratory illness and encephalitis. The virus kills between 40 and 75 percent of those infected, according to estimates from the Centers for ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be ...

Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent or mitigate infection with the Nipah virus and no effective treatments for the disease other than supportive care. The virus, harbored by fruit bats ...

Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the herpes simplex virus, which also causes cold sores. There are two types of herpes simplex virus, HSV-1 and HSV-2 (and it's ...

Marburg is highly infectious, with symptoms including fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in some cases, death through extreme blood loss. On average, the virus kills half of the people ...

There have not been any cases in Canada. As long as precautions are taken, there is low risk of contracting Marburg virus disease in a country where the disease is present.