A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa died Monday from a rare viral hemorrhagic ...

The Ebola virus disease outbreak now ravaging parts of West Africa is the largest on record. In fact, West Africa has seen more cases of the disease in 2014 than have been seen in all other ...

An eastern Iowa resident died Monday from a viral disease similar to Ebola that was likely contracted during a recent trip to ...

Ebola virus is actually a group of viruses, known as orthoebolaviruses. These viruses first appeared in humans during two 1976 outbreaks in Africa, but they likely have existed for a very long time.

A person from Iowa who recently returned to the United States from West Africa has died after contracting Lassa fever, a ...

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the public health institution of the African Union, recognizes the critical need to address health challenges and emergencies ...

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the public health institution of the African Union, ...

The resident had recently returned from West Africa. Iowa health officials say the risk of transmission is "incredibly low." Also in the news, locally acquired malaria, "walking pneumonia" in children ...