The Peter Kim Lab was recently awarded $18 million by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness to create a vaccine to protect ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Limited access and scarce funds are the key challenges facing health officials trying to respond to the latest Ebola outbreak in southern Congo, the World Health Organization ...

Under the bright lights of Durban’s convention centre, amid applause from scientists and policymakers gathered for the 4th ...

A new vaccine candidate against Lassa fever, one of West Africa’s deadliest diseases, has shown strong and long-lasting ...

An Ebola vaccination campaign begins in the Democratic Republic of Congo with frontline workers and those already infected with the virus. Photo courtesy of World Health Organization African Region/X ...

A Lassa fever vaccine candidate was safe and produced a strong immune response in adults in the United States and Liberia, ...

Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to contain fresh outbreaks of Ebola that have killed at least four ...

Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a third Ebola case this week in North Kivu province, provincial health minister Eugene Nzanzu Salita said on Friday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new health advisory about the latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thirty-seven confirmed cases ...

KINSHASA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will launch a nationwide vaccination campaign against measles and rubella late November, covering almost all provinces, but in a ...

Today, the World Health Organization concludes a two-day meeting to discuss a radical idea: bringing a vaccine into the field without having tested its effectiveness. Traditional means of containing ...

GENEVA (AP) - Tens of thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines could be available for "real-world" testing in West Africa as soon as January as long as they are deemed safe, a top World ...