There are no treatments or vaccines approved for Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola with a fatality rate between 24 ...

Health officials in Rwanda are dealing with the country’s first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease which, ...

The East African country continues to investigate the source of the outbreak, first traced among patients in health ...

Rwanda declared an outbreak of the highly contagious Marburg virus​, a deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized ...

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

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

Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. Similar to Ebola, the rare but very severe illness can be fatal in up to 88% of ...

Government to prioritise those ‘most at risk’ and ‘most exposed healthcare workers’ following the deaths of 12 people.

"It is very similar to Ebola in that it causes hemorrhagic fever," he added. Marburg is "difficult to catch," Siegel noted, as it requires close contact with bodily secretions. The virus is spread ...

Home vigils for those who have died from the virus are prohibited. The U.S. Embassy in Kigali has advised its staff to work remotely and avoid office visits. Similar to Ebola, the Marburg virus is ...