The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus disease, a viral hemorrhagic fever that is in the same family as Ebola.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned doctors and other healthcare workers about an outbreak of Ebola cases in Uganda. The agency said although no cases have been reported in the U.

Amid a new Ebola outbreak in Kampala, Uganda, the World Health Organization has kicked off a vaccine trial. This is the first Ebola outbreak in the country since 2022, when cases emerged in the Mubende District. While both outbreaks involve the same virus species — Sudan Ebolavirus (SUDV) — genetic analysis confirms they’re not connected.

In response to new Ebola virus outbreak, the Ugandan health authorities have begun a clinical trial of administering a vaccine that can protect the people against a possible spread of this infection.

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday.

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The ongoing Ebola vaccine trial in Uganda is an achievement in the fight against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. In a statement posted on its website late Monday,

The World Health Organization's emergencies director on Friday praised the "fastest roll-out" of an Ebola vaccine trial in the midst of an epidemic, as Uganda responded to its latest outbreak. Mike Ryan,

U.S. health officials advise Americans traveling to Uganda to take enhanced precautions due to an Ebola outbreak