Rwanda’s health minister said Sunday that an outbreak of the Marburg virus is not spreading in the country, citing the ...

Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. Similar to Ebola, the rare but very severe illness can be fatal in up to 88% of ...

Eleven people have died in Rwanda from the highly contagious Marburg virus, and 36 cases have been confirmed, the country's health ministry reported Tuesday, just days after the country declared ...

In Rwanda, Marburg virus disease has resulted in six fatalities, mainly among healthcare workers. The virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever, spreads through contact with bodily fluids. Authorities ...

The train was evacuated after health authorities suspected they had contracted the Marburg virus — a rare disease that has a fatality rate as high as 88 per cent. The suspicion arose because the ...

Marburg virus is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease that can cause severe hemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids or animals, such as bats.

Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed ...

Rwanda’s health minister says authorities are tracing every potential contact of the index case in the country’s outbreak of ...

Rwanda is grappling with a rising wave of Marburg virus cases, as the country faces a severe outbreak of this deadly pathogen. The situation has escalated rapidly, prompting the World Health ...

Officials confirmed that the medical student, who had been in Rwanda as part of their studies, showed no symptoms of the Marburg virus and tested negative through a PCR test. The student had come ...

1:23 Marburg outbreak: 8 dead in Rwanda from virus, health officials say Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the ...

Amid reports of a deadly viral outbreak in Central Africa, researchers are reportedly scrambling to develop treatments and vaccines to combat the Marburg virus. As of Sept. 30, 2024, the country ...