New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

Tanzania is a popular holiday destination, worth-renowned for its incredible safaris, Mount Kilimanjaro and the flawless beaches of Zanzibar. However, before visiting the East African tourist spot, it ...

A CDC program tests wastewater from airplanes, looking for pathogens that may have hitched a ride with passengers on long-haul international flights.

Tanzania today declared the end of Marburg virus disease outbreak after recording no new cases over 42 days since the death of the last confirmed case on 28 January 2025.The outbreak, in which two ...

In the wake of USAID’s shuttering by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, those familiar with USAID’s work have ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed a declaration by Tanzania on the end of the deadly Marburg virus outbreak, ...

It has been five years since the world was blown into the tumult of a lethal pandemic. Back then, deserted streets and ...

Multiple hemorrhagic fever viruses are smoldering: Ebola in Uganda, Marburg in Tanzania, and Lassa in Nigeria and Sierra ...

Ebola in Uganda is the latest in a trend of outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the east African region. Tanzania ...

Scientists suspect the first person infected with Ebola in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with ... fevers in ...

A mysterious viral disease has emerged in parts ... one death have been confirmed since January 30. Tanzania is facing an outbreak of Marburg virus, in the northwest Kagera District.

The symptoms of the infected include fever, headache, diarrhea, nosebleeds, vomiting blood, and general bleeding—matching those caused by viruses such as Ebola and Marburg. However, experts have ...