What is Sudan Virus? Sudan Virus, one of the viruses that cause Ebola disease, has seen seven outbreaks since it was first discovered in the 1970s, four of which were in Uganda, and three in Sudan.

Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced deaths from such illnesses by nearly 60 percent, according to a new study.

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola could start within weeks as an outbreak of the disease ...

But that doesn't mean Sudan Ebola virus isn't very deadly. According to the WHO, earlier outbreaks have seen mortality rates ranging from 41 to 100%.

The World Health Organization director for Africa said Uganda has started a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there is currently no approved vaccine.

A Sudan Ebola vaccine, provided by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), is being investigated in a Uganda vaccine trial that was launched just four days after the country declared an ...

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — With the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo now an international emergency , neighboring South Sudan and its war-weakened health system is a major concern, especially after ...

Given the current outbreak of Ebola Sudan in Uganda, this work is now even more important," said Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dawn O'Connell in a statement.

Of eight previous outbreaks of the Sudan Ebola virus, five were in Uganda and three in Sudan. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has had more than a dozen Ebola epidemics , the deadliest killing ...

South Sudan received 2,160 doses of the yet-to-be-licensed Ebola vaccine, which was developed by American pharmaceutical company Merck and protects against the Zaire strain of the virus that's ...

The 2022 health crisis was Uganda’s seventh outbreak of Ebola – a highly infectious hemorrhagic disease – and its fifth of the Sudan virus (SVD) strain, which has a more than 40 percent ...

UN suspends Ebola screening after 3 aid workers killed in South Sudan. Two other aid workers were wounded, and another was abducted along with a child.