Imagine a virus so lethal that up to 90% of those infected don’t survive. That’s Marburg - a rare but extremely dangerous disease with no known cure. In this video, we explore its history, how it ...

Biden's chief of staff has agreed to talk to the House Oversight Committee about Biden's alleged cognitive decline and the use of the autopen.

Some staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development describe racing the clock to try to push out promised funds for surviving global aid programs, ahead of USAID's last day as ...

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Sierra Leoneans are worried by the increasing number of mpox cases and deaths that have been recorded in 2025.

Known for its high fatality rate, the Marburg virus has terrorized populations around the world. In this video, we break down ...

The World Health Organization warned on Friday that cholera cases in Sudan are set to rise and could spread to neighbouring countries, including Chad, which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees ...

Ebola is one of a number of viruses that cause "viral hemorrhagic fever." What makes it so deadly is that it can take over the machinery of many kinds of cells, replicating quickly.

The research, based on data from the massive 2018-2020 Ebola Zaire outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, showed that the risk of dying of Ebola was halved among people who had been ...

By now, the Kivu Ebola swarm has been going through its eighteen-hour replication cycle in humans for more than a year. Some virologists wonder whether Kivu Ebola could start evolving, or whether ...

Note: Last week the World Health Organization declared the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo an international health emergency. More than 1,600 people have died in the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak ...