Despite the known skepticism of its leader Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Department of Health and Human Services quietly announced ...

Island Pharmaceuticals has signed an asset purchase agreement to buy the Galidesivir antiviral program targeting ...

The Marburg virus, while rare, is known to cause severe hemorrhagic fever and has a high mortality rate of up to 88 percent. It is typically spread to humans from fruit bats, ...

Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments specifically for this virus.

The virus was first identified in 1967 in a town in Germany called Marburg, from which it gained its name. Simultaneously, it was identified in Belgrade, Serbia.

Marburg virus disease causes people to quickly develop severe illness and fever, which could lead to shock or death. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this illness.

The US Department of Health and Human Services is weighing whether to fund new Marburg and Sudan Ebola virus vaccines even as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauls the US immunization landscape, ...

World Health Organization officials in Angola during a 2005 outbreak of the Marburg virus. The outbreak in Rwanda began in September, the country’s first encounter with the virus.

Marburg virus disease, also known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever, is most often found in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease, initially detected in 1967 after outbreaks in Germany and Serbia, is caused ...

Marburg virus is notorious for its killing ability. In past outbreaks, as many as 9 out of 10 patients have died from the disease. And there are no approved vaccines or medications.

An outbreak of Marburg virus has killed at least eight people in Rwanda. The highly-infectious disease is similar to Ebola, with symptoms including fever, muscle pains, diarrhoea, vomiting and, in ...

Scientists have known that major outbreaks often originate in wildlife – swine flu, avian flu and even SARS-CoV-2 all started ...