Even if Ebola has receded from the headlines, a consortium led by a University of Minnesota infectious disease expert is urging world health officials to accelerate the creation of a vaccine against ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It's caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. Filoviruses are among the globe's most ...

Scientists turn nanoparticles into virus 'showcases' to help the immune system recognize deadly threats. (Nanowerk News) Filoviruses get their name from the Latin word “filum,” meaning thread—a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today prequalified an Ebola vaccine for the first time, a critical step that will help speed up its licensing, access and roll-out in countries most at risk of ...

Viruses are masters at invading cells thanks to specialized proteins that coat their surfaces. When scientists design ...

An Ebola-infected American doctor receiving treatment in Nebraska has shown some improvement but is still “very sick,” his wife said in a statement. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, a Boston-area obstetrician, ...

The World Health Organisation declared the Ebola virus outbreak a public health emergency in August 2014; since then the development of vaccines against Ebola virus has been fast tracked. Experts at ...

The World Health Organization says millions of doses of two experimental Ebola vaccines could be ready for use in 2015 and five more experimental vaccines will start being tested in March. Still, the ...

An illustration of a self-assembling protein nanoparticle (SApNP) displaying Ebola virus surface proteins. This vaccine strategy is designed to help the immune system more effectively and respond to ...