It is the sixth time Uganda has been hit by an outbreak of the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine. Of the five other Ebola species, just one has licensed vaccines.

Sudan virus (SUDV) can infect people to cause Sudan virus disease (SVD). Right now, an outbreak of SVD has been detected in Uganda. The first patient, a 32-year-old nurse, died from the illness on ...

Uganda has deployed more than 1,000 extra soldiers into east Congo in the last week near an area where the Kinshasa ...

Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week KAMPALA, Uganda -- Ugandan authorities ...

A clinical trial of a potentially effective vaccine against Sudan Virus Disease (SVD) has started in Uganda after the country’s Health Ministry confirmed a Sudan Ebola outbreak last week.