Scientific researchers at a U.S. military research institute have come a step closer to creating a therapy for the deadly Ebola virus but are a long way from development of a treatment for humans, a study published in Friday's issue of the journal Science said. ``These results suggest that it is...

Section II: Summary " We don't really know what Ebola has done in the past, and we don't know what it might do in the future." (p.49) According to Eugene Johnson, a civilian virus hunter, specializing in Ebola, the essence of the virus itself is one whose existence is st...

The Ebola Virus Disease is one of the only monsters left in our world today. While other mysteries have been solved, conquered and done away with, disease still afflicts people today. Among the many illnesses that afflict our world, those most damaging are usually caused by viruses. Included in t...

"The Hot Zone", by Richard Preston was one of the most powerful and informative books I have ever read. "The Hot Zone", is a play-by-play re-call of the origination and the spread of Ebola disease, which originated in Africa but slowly spread worldwide. Preston gives a descrip...

In October of l989, Macaque monkeys, housed at the Reston Primate Quarantine Unit in Reston, Virginia, began dying from a mysterious disease at an alarming rate. The monkeys, imported from the Philippines, were to be sold as laboratory animals. Twenty-nine of a shipment of one hundred died withi...

The Hot Zone Essay submitted by Bryan Wetzel Setting: The setting g takes place in two major places. Reston Maryland which is a suburb of Washington DC. and the second major area is in Kenya Africa. The story takes place in the 1980's. Main Characters: Since this story is a true story there...