It began with whispers in the southern Ethiopian city of Jinka-fever, fatigue, unexplained bleeding-and quickly escalated into a confirmed public health emergency. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has ...

Ethiopia is confronting one of the most dangerous viruses known to medicine as the Marburg virus spreads through parts of the country, triggering rising infections, six confirmed deaths, and hundreds ...

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Ebola virus and Marburg virus are both highly contagious filoviruses and are among the most lethal viruses known. Patient deaths are often a consequence of gastrointestinal damage leading to diarrhea ...