Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday.

It is the East African country's ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000 ...

Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of Ebola, and there are no approved vaccines for the Sudan strain of Ebola. Uganda's last outbreak, discovered in September 2022, killed at least 55 ...

Trump's actions could allow harmful viruses like the Marburg virus, which is similar to Ebola, warned former White House ...

Dr Stephanie Psaki warns that decisions by the Trump administration may introduce deadly diseases to the US, such as the ...

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine.