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Ebola: Causes, symptoms, treatments & vaccines

By Alina Bradford, Nicoletta Lanese published

Four types of Ebola virus cause severe disease in humans.

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Ebola can linger in brain fluid and trigger deadly relapse, monkey study suggests

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Ebola can lurk in fluid-filled cavities in the brain.

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Ebola may have lingered in a survivor for 5 years before sparking new outbreak

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

The Ebola virus may have hid in a person's body for 5 years before hopping to another person, triggering the current outbreak.

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Japan Just Imported Ebola to Prep for Possible Olympic Outbreak

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Japan imported Ebola and other lethal viruses to prepare diagnostic test kits for the 2020 Olympics.

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Patient Tested for Ebola in Pennsylvania

By Rachael Rettner published

A patient in Pennsylvania is being tested for a possible Ebola virus infection, according to news reports.

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Anti-Vaccine Movement Joins Ebola, Drug Resistance on List of Top Global Threats

By Rachael Rettner published

The World Health Organization has listed the anti-vaccine movement as a top global health threat in 2019.

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Scientists Discover a Sixth Species of Ebola Virus — in Bats

By Kimberly Hickok published

For the first time, scientists found an Ebola virus in healthy animals that hasn't been detected in sick animals or humans.

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This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows Ebola virus particles budding from the surface of a cell.

How Bats Could Help Scientists Stop Ebola Outbreaks Before They Start

By Nidhi Sharma published

What if scientists were able to predict Ebola outbreaks and stop them before they even started?

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Here's How Health Officials Plan to Use the Ebola Vaccine in New African Outbreak

By Tereza Pultarova published

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is spreading, but this time around, there's a vaccine.

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Ebola May Linger in Men's Semen for More Than 2 Years

By Tia Ghose published

Ebola virus may linger in semen for more than two years, a new study suggests.

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