The CDC is reportedly laying off more than 1,000 employees over the weekend — a significant number of them working to forecast and combat outbreaks of measles, Ebola and other deadly diseases ...

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

After the public disclosure of the firings, a federal health official, on Saturday, stated, as quoted by New York Times, that ...

Dr. Tsion Firew, an emergency physician in Kigali, recalls the terrifying early days of Rwanda's Marburg outbreak and how she played a part in the response that changed its course. I want to tell you ...

Marburg virus disease is spreading in Rwanda and has claimed 6 lives so far. Rwanda's Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare workers.