Lassa fever has similar symptoms to the Ebola virus, causing hemorrhagic fever ... so the risk of the disease spreading to fellow passengers is "extremely low," the CDC said.

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

An Iowa resident has died after contracting a frightening viral disease, similar to Ebola, that leaves victims ... before symptoms occur and the virus is not spread by casual contact.

Lassa fever is much less likely to be fatal than other viral hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola or Marburg virus; an outbreak ... are hospitalized with severe disease, the fatality rate is estimated ...

"In the 2014–2016 West African Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, the CDC reported failures to diagnose and treat malaria in travelers returning to the U.S. who were thought to potentially have Ebola ...

Texans are warned about an Ebola-type disease that has been seen in the United States. This spread can be detrimental to not ...

Three infectious diseases experts with the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Global Center for Health Security have ...

In part 1 of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today 's editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Craig Spencer, MD, MPH, of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, about the 10-year ...

The head of a vaccine nonprofit says Rwanda’s speedy outbreak response underscores the role small organisations can play in ...

Rwandan Minister of health Sabin Nsanzimana made the remarks during a virtual weekly media briefing on the multi-country mpox ...

Lassa fever is a virus carried by Mastomys rats, a species of rodents common across sub-Saharan Africa, and it causes no symptoms in the rodents. People catch the disease by touching surfaces ...