Despite the known skepticism of its leader Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Department of Health and Human Services quietly announced ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services is weighing whether to fund new Marburg and Sudan Ebola virus vaccines even as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauls the US immunization landscape, ...

“Marburg is highly infectious,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, previously said. “Thanks to the rapid and decisive action by the Equatorial Guinean authorities ...

Marburg was first identified in 1967 among lab workers in Marburg, Germany and Belgrade, in what is now Serbia. They were exposed to the virus during research with monkeys or tissue samples of the ...

Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments specifically for this virus.

Amid reports of a deadly viral outbreak in Central Africa, researchers are reportedly scrambling to develop treatments and vaccines to combat the Marburg virus. As of Sept. 30, 2024, the country ...

Island will now focus on using the FDA’s animal rule to advance the Galidesivir program towards a new drug application (NDA), ...

The Marburg virus, while rare, is known to cause severe hemorrhagic fever and has a high mortality rate of up to 88 percent. It is typically spread to humans from fruit bats, ...

Marburg is one scary disease. The fatality rate can be as high as 88%. There's no approved vaccine — yet. With one of the world's largest outbreaks, Rwanda is now testing a promising new vaccine.

The Marburg virus, which causes bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth, can be fatal in up to 90% of those infected Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...