The Lagos State Government has intensified surveillance and border health screening following the worsening Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Central and East Africa, where at least 177 deaths have been ...

The deadly virus has spread alarmingly in Congo for months. Only now is the response taking shape. By Declan Walsh Photographs by Arlette Bashizi Since an Ebola outbreak was declared in Bunia, a ...

FIVE months after the Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of its 16th Ebola outbreak in the Bulape region, a rare ...

While Congo has plenty of experience with the disease, it’s one of the most difficult places in the world to contain a virus.

Ebola and hantavirus are different viruses spreading under different circumstances, but both come from animals,” writes Neil Vora.

Ebola is one of the world’s deadliest viruses, and Marburg is its cousin. This hemorrhagic virus shares many symptoms with Ebola, and there is no known cure or treatment. It spreads quickly and ...

While studying predators visiting Python Cave, home to bats confirmed to have Marburg virus, scientists observed hundreds of visitors — including kids — visiting without protection Bonnie Jo Mount/The ...

The Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) yesterday commenced the second batch of its statewide multi-agency training programme for operatives to strengthen professionalism, intelligence sharing and ...

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Here's a question you might never have asked yourself: How do you vaccinate a bat? You can't simply ask your local vet. Nor will the bats line up outside of a clinic on their own. But a group of ...

A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing the various styles of tents they make. Honduran white bats (Ectophylla Alba ...