Ethiopia confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus, closely related to Ebola. WHO warns of its high lethality and has ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia(AP) — Ethiopia on Monday confirmed three deaths from the Marburg hemorrhagic virus that has been detected in an area neighboring South Sudan. Health Minister Mekdes Daba said ...

Three people have died from the Marburg virus in Ethiopia, the Ministry of Health said on Monday, less than a week after an outbreak was declared. The Marburg virus is one of the deadliest known ...

Ethiopia has confirmed its first Marburg Virus outbreak after reports began to circulate from last week. The reports showed cases of a viral hemorrhagic fever in the southern part of the country, as ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment. The World Health ...

An unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks, health experts say. The head of the World ...