Health Aug 19 What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola Bundibugyo virus is a rare type of Ebola that has no approved vaccine or treatment.
Health Aug 10 Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak started month before it was declared, WHO says The World Health Organization says the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak started in February, months before it was officially declared in May.
World Jul 24 What experts are saying as Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda kills more than 1,000 people The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,000 people in eastern Congo as health officials race to contain a virus with no approved vaccine or treatment.
World Jul 05 Residents in eastern Congo cling to hope as a new Ebola treatment trial begins At the Ebola treatment center inside Bunia's Evangelical Medical Center, in eastern Congo's Ituri province, the launch of the research was marked by urgency rather than ceremony.
World Jun 30 Rights lawyers sue Ghana over third-country deportation deal with Trump administration An international coalition of human rights lawyers and advocates sued Ghana on Tuesday, accusing the government of forcing deportees from the U.S. back to the home countries they had fled in violation of their rights.
World Jun 15 Congo reports 72 new Ebola cases Sunday, one of the largest daily jumps since outbreak was declared Nearly a million people have been displaced by years of conflict in the region, complicating efforts to contain the outbreak.
World May 31 WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as new treatment center opens in Congo Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday during a visit to Bunia in eastern Congo.
World May 30 WHO chief visits Congo Ebola epicenter as cases outpace response The head of the WHO on Saturday visited eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new…
Health May 29 Ebola outbreak 'can be stopped,' WHO chief says as he arrives in Congo “To come here is to really show to the community that they’re not alone," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at the airport late Thursday.
World May 20 9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreement Nine migrants deported from the United States landed in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the West African country said, in the latest example of the Trump administration's widely criticized deals with African and Latin American nations to take third-country deportees.