Marburg virus disease is like its close cousin Ebola, but worse. It can have a mortality rate as high as 80% and, unlike at least one strain of Ebola, we do not have an approved vaccine or ...

More than 50 people have died in north western Congo from an unknown illness which has been killing victims within 48 hours.

Since the country officially announced the outbreak last week, ten people have tested positive for Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola. Of these, nine have died ...

Nine people have died in a new outbreak of an 'eye-bleeding' Ebola-like virus, global health chiefs have warned. Marburg, one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered, has already infected ten ...

WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has donated essential medical equipment worth $30,000 (78m/-) to help combat the Marburg ...

Meanwhile, in neighbouring Tanzania, nine people have died after testing positive for the Marburg virus, a highly infectious cousin of Ebola. The patient in Uganda, a 32-year-old male nurse ...

A travel medicine expert is cautioning against overreaction following the Tanzania government's confirmation of an outbreak of the highly virulent Marburg virus in the northwestern Kagera region.

What we didn’t expect was the fear and uncertainty of a Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania several hundred miles from her school. Marburg is an Ebola-like deadly virus with terrifying fatality ...

The Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance and screening at all 26 ports of entry into the country in the wake of ...

Certain regions of the equatorial holiday spot are currently experiencing a deadly outbreak of Marburg Virus. Namely the Kagera region has seen 10 active cases reported as Marburg, only two have ...