A comprehensive response to a September 2024 Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in two Rwandan hospitals may have reduced mortality rates, offering public health systems an effective playbook for ...

Deaths from a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda have reached 11, Rwandan Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana said Thursday, as calls for stronger international collaboration mount. "As of today, we have ...

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 ...

Tsion Firew had just finished running a first aid training when she glanced down at her phone — and then looked up confused. The message she saw was about a colleague Firew had worked with a few days ...

Marburg virus disease is a severe, often fatal, infection passed from fruit bats to people. In a September 2024 Marburg virus disease outbreak in two Rwandan hospitals, mortality rates may have been ...