Filoviruses get their name from the Latin word "filum," meaning thread—a reference to their long, filamentous shape. This virus family contains some of the most dangerous pathogens known to science, ...

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 ...

Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) are highly lethal viruses that cause severe disease in infected patients by extensively damaging the body. This includes the gastrointestinal tract. Severe ...

From classrooms to workplaces, a nasty stomach virus is circulating again, and North Texas doctors say they’re bracing for more cases this month. The norovirus, often mistaken for the stomach flu, ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) has sent more than 640 doses of its investigational cAd3-Marburg Vaccine to Ethiopia to support the country’s response ...

While pertussis, also known as whooping cough, declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a recent resurgence in the illness. More than 10,000 cases are reported every year on average in ...

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading human and animal virologists in more than 40 countries dedicated to advancing pandemic preparedness through research, education and training, and ...

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading human and animal virologists in more than 40 countries dedicated to advancing pandemic ...

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The death toll from a Marburg virus outbreak in Ethiopia has risen to six, state-run news agency reported on Wednesday. Ethiopia first confirmed the outbreak on ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT.