Kigali, RWANDA -- Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just ...

The deadly Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact.

A rare, highly contagious Ebola-like virus has claimed eight lives in Rwanda, and U.S. health officials are closely ...

Six people have died in a major outbreak of Marburg disease in Rwanda, a viral hemorrhagic fever from the same family as Ebola. At least 26 cases have been reported since the outbreak was first ...

Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana revealed that most of the victims were healthcare workers in the intensive care unit, highlighting the risks faced by those on the frontlines of combating the ...

Kigali: Rwanda has confirmed its first cases of Marburg disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that can cause death, among some patients, the country's health ministry said on Friday. It said in a ...

Six people have been killed in Rwanda in an outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the country's health ministry said on Saturday. The highly virulent ...

Rwanda health ministry don announce say six ... Marburg, wit death rate of up to 88%, come from di same virus family wit Ebola. E dey spread from bats to humans and also if you come into contact ...

Rwanda has confirmed six deaths and 20 cases ... Marburg is from the same virus family as the one responsible for Ebola and is transmitted to people from fruit bats. It then spreads through ...

It has been previously utilised for preventive vaccination in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. That Uganda has received thousands of Ebola vaccines should be good news. However ...

Marburg hemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola hemorrhagic ... in motion to support Rwanda halt the spread ...