The Mozambican health authorities in the northern province of Cabo Delgado have declared a high alert following an outbreak of Marburg virus in neighbouring Tanzania. The virus was diagnosed in the ...

Tanzania has confirmed a new case of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region, following 25 negative tests. Dozens of individuals remain under observation as the government works to ...

Ugandan officials are preparing to deploy a trial vaccine as part of efforts to stem an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, ...

NINE people have died in an outbreak of an eye-bleeding disease in Tanzania, Africa’s health agency has announced. This ...

KAGERA: KAGERA Regional Commissioner, Ms Fatma Mwasa, has urged farmers to use the ongoing rains effectively by ...

Tanzania's president said a sample tested positive for the Marburg virus, which has a fatality rate of up to 88 percent if untreated.

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up ...

Marburg virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.

The 32-year-old man, who worked at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, developed a fever and was eventually diagnosed with ...

Ebola, which is spread by contact with bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials, manifests as a deadly ...

Amid the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania's northwestern region, the World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted 1.4 tonnes of medical supplies and commodities on Saturday.