Tanzania declared an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg disease earlier this month ... first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating ...

The outbreak comes as Tanzania recently declared a Marburg outbreak, a virus similar to Ebola. Rwanda, which shares a border with Uganda, has just emerged from its own Marburg outbreak.

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday ...

With outbreaks of lethal Marburg virus and H5N1 bird flu spreading in animals around the world, he said, a lack of international coordination on public health is dangerous. Gostin said he was also ...

“The less effective the WHO is in these things, the more likely we’ll see more cases of Marburg [virus disease], Ebola, or Mpox on our shores.” The WHO also makes it easier for US ...

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 ...

A new outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus has gripped Tanzania, in the African subcontinent claiming at least eight lives. The outbreak was reported from north-western Kagera region after one ...

Marburg virus disease or MVD is a highly transmissible and infectious virus that comes from the the same family as the Ebola virus. First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt ...