A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that ...

Dr. Tsion Firew, an emergency physician in Kigali, recalls the terrifying early days of Rwanda's Marburg outbreak and how she played a part in the response that changed its course.

Explore the untreatable and highly lethal Marburg virus: its symptoms, transmission, and the challenges it poses to global health.

Dr. Tsion Firew, an emergency physician in Kigali, recalls the terrifying early days of Rwanda's Marburg outbreak and how she helped launch a response that changed its course.

On Sept 4, 2025, DR Congo declared its 16th Ebola virus outbreak. The epicentre of this outbreak occurred in the Kasai province—the first resurgence in this region since 2008.1 Genomic analysis ...

Not only did he tend to the sick at UCL hospital in London from the start of the pandemic, but his twin brother X suffered serious heart problems after catching the virus. Rather admirably, he ...

The Department of Defense funds biomedical research to ensure military and pandemic preparedness. This includes mRNA vaccine ...

That’s a potentially seismic change when you consider that, far more than any country in the world, the U.S. has been the biggest financial contributor to global health and has had a central role in ...

Among its many painful lessons, the COVID-19 pandemic taught us that America’s defenses against a devastating health crisis were far weaker than most had reason to expect. More than 1.2 million ...

In a sobering interview, the respected infectious disease expert expresses concern over our willful deconstruction of parts ...

The new book "The Big One" describes lessons learned from past pandemics and how they might be applied to mitigate the ...