SciShow News give you the facts about ebola, one of the world’s deadliest diseases that’s making a stand in West Africa.

It will probably be at least a year before we have a vaccine for COVID-19. But in March, the WHO launched a megatrial tolook at four treatment options for the virus.

SciShow News explains the science behind the latest efforts to stop the spread of ebola: including airport screenings, treatments for patients, and developments in the search for a vaccine.

Hank scares our pants off with a tale of the five deadliest infectious diseases in the world.

In the penultimate episode of Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank explains your adaptive immune system. The adaptive immune system's humoral response guards extracellular terrain against pathogens. Hank also explains B cells,...

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Greg Martin takes a look at the factors that could lead to the Ebola Virus Epidemic spreading out of Africa and into other parts of the world like the USA and Europe. Dr Martin highlights the fact that front line medical workers might be...

Overview of Ebola: Hemorrhagic fever, causes, pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment. Ebola is a disease caused by infection with the ebolavirus, which causes a significant hemorrhagic fever. In this lesson, we discuss some of...

A collaboration between Japan's Nagasaki University and Eiken Chemical has developed a test that can detect an Ebola infection in 30 minutes. After blood is taken from a patient, RNA is extracted from the sample and synthesised into DNA,...

In this episode, we cover news items on HIV, ebola, flue season, the role of the World Health Organization and more.

This episode focus on finding a job in the global health space, particularly within the UN agency system, including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank etc.

This episode deals with the Ebola epidemic.

This episode looks back at 2014 and reviews the biggest and most important stories.

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has confirmed the deaths of five individuals who were infected with Ebola.

According to local health authorities, there are now 426 cases of Ebola in eastern Congo.

The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to last until mid-2019.

According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola outbreak that started in West Africa in 2014 has sickened nearly 30,000 people, killing about one third of them. Detection of the Ebola virus is currently the only way to keep the...

Greg Martin takes a look at the factors that could lead to the Ebola Virus Epidemic spreading out of Africa and into other parts of the world like the USA and Europe. Dr Martin highlights the fact that front line medical workers might be...

Overview of Ebola | Hemorrhagic Fever, Causes, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Ebola is a disease caused by infection with the ebolavirus, which causes a significant hemorrhagic fever. In this lesson, we discuss some of...

Understanding Viruses - Viruses/Immunity Set - Part 1. This clip offers a simplified look at how viruses are structured and how they infect living host cells.

We've probably all heard about the Ebola outbreak in Africa around 2014, and know that it's quite a terrifying pathogen. But what does it do exactly? Let's go through the basics!

Australia runs training exercise for infectious disease response

A major milestone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s fight against Ebola. The last patient being treated since an outbreak of the disease was declared in early September has been released from hospital. Their recovery starts the...

The World Health Organization said Thursday that 31 of 38 confirmed Ebola cases have resulted in deaths in southern Congo, where authorities are battling a new outbreak of the deadly virus.