Ebola is a virus that causes a hemorrhagic fever. It’s named after a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo , where it was first discovered in 1976, when the country was known as Zaire.

Ebola virus explained: Did you know that Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976? Since then, the virus has been returning time and again with multiple outbreaks across the African continent.

Good animation by Kurzgesagt explaining how the ebola virus attacks the human body step by step. It turns out that, at the end, it is the immunological system—hacked and threatened by the virus ...

Ebola virus particles are long and skinny, and look like lethal microscopic noodles. When they get inside a person, the particles attack the immune system, liver, kidneys, and the cells that line ...

A 3D illustration of the Ebola virus seen in the blood. Rasi Bhadramani via iStock/Getty Images Plus The Wider Picture. Coronavirus has infected more than 196.6 million people since it was first ...

Where is the virus headed next? Nigeria is the latest country to report a case of Ebola, with an infected man dying there after arriving from Liberia. (On Sunday, Liberia closed most of its borders.

The WHO says it will meet Friday to discuss whether to declare the latest Ebola outbreak a global health emergency. As the death toll approaches 1,400, here are five things Ebola, explained ...

Kids: They’re dumb! If you want to explain anything to them, you’ll need to do it in very, very simple terms. Adults are dumb too! Or misinformed, or just confused, and sometimes they need ...

The WHO says it will meet Friday to discuss whether to declare the latest Ebola outbreak a global health emergency. As the death toll approaches 1,400, here are five things Ebola, explained ...

The findings of a new study suggest that the virus behind Ebola – a rare but severe and often fatal illness – may be spread by skin contact, by providing a comprehensive cellular map of its ...

The Ebola virus mutated to more effectively infiltrate human cells during the West African outbreak that killed more than 11,300 people between 2013 and 2016.