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

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 ...

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.

A comprehensive response to a September 2024 Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in two Rwandan hospitals may have reduced mortality rates, offering public health systems an effective playbook for ...

More than 1,000 staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received layoff notices, including in units that respond to infectious-disease outbreaks, analyze science and health data to ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has assured Nigerians that there is no outbreak of Ebola or Marburg virus in the country, following investigations into two suspected viral ...

Hundreds of scientists rehired after erroneous layoffs, yet key offices still eliminated as public health experts describe a “devastating” blow to U.S. preparedness. Less than twenty-four hours after ...

As the Covid-19 pandemic begins to wane, experts are already looking to the future, and the next pandemic that could bring ...

The EU is supporting the emergency response to the outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officially declared on the 4September 2025 by the Congolese ministry of health. With 42 ...

The Centers for Disease Control issued a health alert on a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease. No cases have been reported in Florida or the U.S. The risk of spread to the U.S. is considered low at ...