Apr 30 Congo Ebola cases hit record for most reported in single day By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Krista Larson, Associated Press Health experts are expressing growing alarm about the number of people sickened with the Ebola virus who are never reaching treatment centers, allowing the disease to spread to caregivers and countless others. Continue reading
Apr 12 Congo’s Ebola outbreak not yet a global emergency, WHO says By Jamey Keaten, Maria Cheng, Associated Press A top Red Cross official said Friday he's "more concerned than I have ever been" about the possible regional spread of the Ebola virus after a new spike in cases, as the World Health Organization met on whether to declare… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:40 New treatments yield hope for stopping tuberculosis, world’s leading infectious killer Sunday marked World Tuberculosis Day. While T.B. doesn’t attract the same attention as influenza, malaria or Ebola, it recently surpassed HIV/AIDS to become the globe's leading infectious killer. In 2018, there were more than 10 million new cases. There hadn’t… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch 5:59 Can Uganda block Ebola’s spread from neighboring Congo? By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman Eastern parts of Democratic Republic of Congo are suffering from the second-worst outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in history, with more than 500 dead so far. Neighboring Uganda is watching with concern as the crisis unfolds, wary of allowing… Continue watching
Mar 09 Ebola treatment center in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead By Saleh Mwanamilongo, Associated Press Armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment center in the heart of eastern Congo’s deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers injured. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 25:01 January 27, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 27, government employees prepare to head back to work while the deadlock for funding a border wall continues, and a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the deadliest in the… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 4:02 Ebola patients stranded by violence in Democratic Republic of Congo By PBS NewsHour An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing, the World Health Organization said Friday, having killed 436 of more than 700 infected. This region also volatile, where health workers are attacked and armed conflict is preventing emergency… Continue watching
Jan 02 Congolese flee to Uganda after contentious election, raising Ebola fears By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press Some Congolese trying to cross the border were forced back after resisting the efforts of Ugandan health officials screening people for Ebola, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross in Uganda said. Continue reading
Dec 30 Vote counting begins in Congo, after polling beset by delays By Mathilde Boussion, Saleh Mwanamilongo, Associated Press Congo's election officials began counting ballots Sunday evening, although many polling stations stayed open into the night to make up for lengthy delays in voting. Continue reading
Dec 30 Congo voters barred over Ebola vote anyway, by the thousands By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press Thousands of men and women gathered in Beni on Sunday to cast paper ballots despite a electoral commission decision to ban an estimated 1 million people from voting in areas affected by a deadly Ebola outbreak. Continue reading