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US warns nationals to reconsider travel to Marburg-hit Rwanda

US warns nationals to reconsider travel to Marburg-hit Rwanda

With a fatality rate of up to 88 percent, the highly infectious hemorrhagic fever is often accompanied by bleeding and organ failure.

Rwanda confirms first cases of Ebola-like Marburg virus

Rwanda confirms first cases of Ebola-like Marburg virus

Marburg is from the same virus family as the one responsible for Ebola and is transmitted to people from fruit bats.

DRC's ex-minister freed after serving jail term for fraud

DRC's ex-minister freed after serving jail term for fraud

DRC's former Health Minister Oly Ilunga has been freed after serving five years in prison for fraud.

Mpox spread: Why the strategy that eliminated Ebola is worth replicating

Mpox spread: Why the strategy that eliminated Ebola is worth replicating

Africa's experience in combating Ebola could be the template for an effective response to the Mpox outbreak that has spread from Congo to several other countries on the continent.

Why is the world concerned about 'Disease X'?

Why is the world concerned about 'Disease X'?

Disease X has been identified as an unknown pathogen that has the potential to cause a serious international epidemic.

Equatorial Guinea's Marburg virus outbreak over - WHO

Equatorial Guinea's Marburg virus outbreak over - WHO

The virus outbreak, declared on February 13, was the first of its kind in Equatorial Guinea.

Africa CDC’s Ebola mantra: Be vigilant to prevent outbreaks

Africa CDC’s Ebola mantra: Be vigilant to prevent outbreaks

Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person and has a fatality rate of about 50 percent. Thousands of people have died of the virus in several African countries in recent years.

What is the Marburg virus and how worried should we be?

What is the Marburg virus and how worried should we be?

The Marburg virus took its name from the German city, where it was first identified in 1967. Latest cases have been reported in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea with a number of deaths.