Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an ...

The viruses that pose the biggest risk to public health have been revealed. Among the viral pathogen families classed as high ...

SCIENTISTS have found a pill that offers ‘100 per cent protection’ against Ebola – sparking hopes of eradicating the deadly ...

The team infected rhesus and cynomolgus macaques with a high dose of the Makona variant of the Ebola virus. A day after ...

New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected ...

The monkeys were given a high-dose of Ebola virus. Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured using a pill, a new study has found which could revolutionise the fight against the deadly virus.

Ebola virus disease causes severe dehydration, fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, and multi-organ failure. These symptoms can lead to a significant loss of fluids and vital nutrients from the body.

As well as protecting the monkeys from death, the treatment also evoked an immune response. Senior author Dr Thomas Geisbert ...

The horrific Ebola-like disease can cause bleeding from ... They travelled from Nigeria to England in late February while sick with the virus, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

This causes the disease to strike much faster ... Obeldesivir in Phase 2 clinical trials for Marburg virus, a close relative of Ebola.