The 5 Viruses You Never Want to Get

Ebola's up there, but there are others that could be even worse
Posted Oct 30, 2016 8:03 AM CDT
5 of the Deadliest Viruses Known to Man
We're making progress on deadly viruses, but there's still much progress to be made.   (Getty Images)

The deadliest Ebola outbreak ever ended earlier this year, but despite advances in vaccines and antiviral drugs, Live Science notes "we're a long way from winning" the war against not only Ebola, but other viruses, too—some even deadlier than Ebola. The site lists some of the worst threats:

Find out what other deadly viruses made the cut. (There's a dangerous virus that leaps from squirrels to people.)

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