Health officials continue to monitor an outbreak of Marburg virus — also known as "bleeding eye virus" — in Rwanda, which has sparked concerns about a potential spread outside the country. The U.S.

Tsion Firew had just finished running a first aid training when she glanced down at her phone — and then looked up confused. The message she saw was about a colleague Firew had worked with a few days ...

(NewsNation) — The World Health Organization announced that Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the Ebola-related virus is responsible for at least nine ...

This story was updated on October 8 at 1:17 p.m. Rwanda is now a test lab for an experimental vaccine against the Marburg virus. The African nation is in the grips of one of the world's largest ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda due to an outbreak of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus disease, or MVD, is a serious, often fatal disease ...

(NewsNation) – The African country of Tanzania reported its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, which has so far resulted in eight total cases and five deaths. The Ebola-related virus was also ...

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the Marburg virus. Marburg virus, first recognized in 1967, causes a severe type of hemorrhagic fever, which affects humans, as well as non-human primates.

Angolan health workers treat a 22-year-old woman with a suspected case of the Marburg haemorrhagic fever in 2005. (Photo by Florence Panoussian/AFP via Getty Images) In a statement on Monday, the U.N.