A rare, highly contagious Ebola-like virus has claimed eight lives in Rwanda, and U.S. health officials are closely ...

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the ...

Rwanda says at least eight people have died so far from the highly contagious, Ebola-like Marburg virus, just days after the ...

Rwanda confirms 27 cases of Marburg virus and nine deaths. WHO monitors virus spread and supports emergency response. Health authorities try to ...

The deadly Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact.

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda has confirmed six deaths and 20 cases of Marburg disease since the beginning of the epidemic, the country's health minister Sabin Nsanzimana said late on Saturday.

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda has confirmed six deaths and 20 cases of Marburg disease since the beginning of the epidemic, the country's health minister Sabin Nsanzimana said late on Saturday. The ...

Speaking Saturday evening during a broadcast on Rwanda Television, Rwanda's Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare workers.

Some 20 patients were being treated for the illness, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told local media. "Those infected and the deceased were mainly health workers," he said, adding that efforts ...