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

The pill protected 80 per cent of the cynomolgus macaques and 100 per cent of the rhesus macaques, which are biologically ...

A vaccine was only widely approved in 2019, and while two intravenous antibody treatments improve outcomes, they require costly cold storage.

This trial marks the first attempt to assess a vaccine for the Sudan variant of Ebola, according to the WHO. The Ugandan Health Ministry is collaborating with the WHO and other partners to roll ...

That outbreak is ongoing. Meanwhile, Uganda has newly recorded cases of the Sudan virus (in the same family as the Ebola virus). Nine cases and one death have been confirmed since January 30.

Uganda battling Mpox and Ebola On Jan. 30, the government announced an outbreak of the Sudan variant of Ebola Virus Disease following the death, a day earlier, of a nurse at Mulago National Referral ...

Officials were not required to give updates on every incident, he said. Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of ...

On 18 February, Byegarazo and seven others walked out of treatment centers in Kampala and Mbale, a city in Eastern Uganda, ...