It’s the first time the deadly pathogen has been found in West Africa.

Her work changed the discipline by bringing rigorous experimentation to field studies of monkeys and baboons.

The study will examine the efficacy of four drugs—an antiviral and three monoclonal antibodies—that are already being used to treat patients in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Data gathered from GPS-equipped collars show the animals walk long distances over days without stopping for a drink.

As cases ramp up in Democratic Republic of Congo, the government has banned housing Ebola victims and promises police escorts for health workers at burials.

An accomplished infectious disease scientist, Meyers spent the 1960s treating and studying the condition in central Africa.

Methylation patterns at so-called metastable epialleles in the genome stamp a memory into each of our cells.

The 51-year-old University of Cape Town researcher had been suffering from depression, and his death has prompted reflection on being a black academic in South Africa.

The country is the second in Africa to permit cannabis cultivation, but months after approval there’s been little uptake by farmers and no scientific proposals.