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

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

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 ...

Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in the ...

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever, officials said ...

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 ...

"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 ...