Uganda: The WHO reports 16 deaths and 38 suspected cases in Kibaale, while the Ugandan Daily Monitor reports 50. Francis Mugerwa, author for the Daily
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Update on Uganda Reporters from Uganda’s daily publication New Vision write that four people with Ebola symptoms have died. If laboratory reports confirm the presence
Reuters reports that eleven more suspected cases of Ebola are in isolation. There are now 36 suspected or confirmed cases. According to Paul Katwa, head
On the evening of July 29, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued a statement on the current Ebola outbreak, in which he called on Ugandans to
Scientists in Canada announced the successful treatment of Ebola viral infection in monkeys. The encouraging results were published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on
New research suggests that certain cancer drugs may control the lethal Ebola virus. On February 29, a new study investigating the effects of two leukemia
A group of scientists have discovered a new virus that is related to some of the deadliest viruses to primates (including humans). The virus was
As noted in our previous blog, a 12 year old girl who died at Bombo Military Hospital in Uganda tested positive for Ebola. Since then
Last week, a twelve-year old girl from Luwero died in the Bombo Military Hospital about 60 kilometers outside of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, from the deadly
Last week, a Ugandan newspaper reported a mystery illness had caused 13 deaths in Abim and Agago districts in the north. The article quoted a