Though the West African Ebola outbreak that began in 2013 is now under control, 23 countries remain environmentally suitable for animal-to-human transmission of the Ebola virus. Only seven of these countries...

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At the peak of the Ebola epidemic last fall came a frightening new possibility: a mutation that could allow the disease to spread through the air. Now University of Florida researchers have dispelled this...

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The Ebola virus circulating in humans in West Africa is undergoing relatively few mutations, none of which suggest that it is becoming more severe or transmissible, according to a National Institutes of...

By Vincent Racaniello, PhD An otherwise balanced review of selected aspects of Ebolavirus transmission falls apart when the authors hypothesize that ‘Ebola viruses have the potential to be respiratory...

After a six month hiatus, the return to the Tampa Bay airwaves of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show Sunday was a discussion about Ebola for the whole hour. Joining host, Microbiologist and Editor...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Friday a document that reviews the hot topic of human-to-human transmission of Ebolavirus. A good section on the issue of airborne transmission...

There has been a lot of controversy and questions since, Excalibur, Ebola-positive Spanish nurse’s Teresa Romero Ramos’ dog was euthanized last week by Madrid Health authorities. So the question...

Dr. Ian Mackay, PhD is a virologist with The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. See more of Dr Mackay’s blogging at Virology Down Under “Aerosol” is a messy word. It means...

Researchers from Arizona State University and Harvard University predict 6,800 possible new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in West Africa in the month of September if new control measures are not enacted,...

In an fascinating rebuttal of a column by CIDRAP director, Michael Osterholm, PhD, one virology professor writes, “The likelihood that Ebola virus will go airborne is so remote that we should not...