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The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has the potential to become huge and of long duration.
Case numbers have steadily increased since the outbreak was confirmed on May 15.
Tests for Ebola don’t detect this strain, so it took the WHO extra time to confirm the cause of the outbreak.
Everything you need to know about the Bundibugyo virus outbreak that has prompted the WHO to declare it a global health emergency.
10 years after official end of the Ebola pandemic, very few people know that survivors have struggled to continue with their lives.
While other forms of Ebola can be prevented with a vaccine, none are currently available to prevent this rare strain.
The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed 28 lives, including four health workers. Here’s what it means for those in the region and beyond.
A 25-year-old local scientist captured rare footage showing how one of the world’s deadliest viruses could jump from bats to humans.
Sierra Leoneans are worried by the increasing number of mpox cases and deaths that have been recorded in 2025.
The pace of investment to manage diseases transmissible from animals to humans is dangerously slow.
Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease, with the first case linked to a 32-year-old nurse in Kampala.
Breastfeeding mothers and their babies have largely been neglected in Ebola research. This needs to change.
Sierra Leone was one of three countries ravaged by the Ebola epidemic 10 years ago. A national vaccine campaign is a big step towards preventing future outbreaks.
Strategies to beat a disease outbreak like mpox must start with the root causes.
Lassa virus kills about 1% of those who catch it, but if caught early enough, antiviral drugs can prevent serious illness.
Time and information is of the essence when tackling infectious diseases across countries and continents.
The Marburg virus, a close cousin of Ebola, currently has no approved treatments or vaccines to protect against it.
There has been an epidemic outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea for the first time. Here’s what you need to know about the virus, and how it spreads.
Young Ugandans have already fallen far behind in their learning because of COVID.
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Lecturer in Virology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Part-time lecturer at the Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard University, and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Liberia
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Lecturer, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Principal Medical Scientist (PhD MPH), National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Senior lecturer, Njala University
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Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
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Principal Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Zoonotic Virus and Animal Reservoirs at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and Co-Lead of One Health at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan
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Senior Lecturer in Communicable Disease Epidemiology, University of Sydney
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Head of the Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Professor of Immunology and Infection, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney