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Ebola virus can linger in body for hundreds of days, doctor warns
Almost a million people have been displaced in northeastern DCR, the WHO says.
Ebola Reaches New Congo Area as Contact Tracing Breaks Down
Ebola has reached a health zone more than 100 miles from the mining town where Democratic Republic of Congo’s outbreak is believed to have begun, as responder...
WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out
The World Health Organization said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak and 116 suspected cases.
Battling a Deadly Ebola Outbreak in Eastern Congo
At the heart of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, health care workers are racing to open new treatment centers and ramp up testing. But af...
WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak and 116
WHO Declares A Global Ebola “Emergency”
Get updates on the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, including response efforts and statistics.
Inside the Ebola Crisis
The road stretching fifty miles north from Bunia to the mining town of Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo is more than a geographic corridor; it is
Ebola recoveries bring signs of hope in DRC as suspected cases emerge outside Africa
By Rhea Rose Abraham May 31 (Reuters) - Four nurses who were being treated for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus have been discharged from a hospital in Bunia in the Democratic
WHO Chief Urges Swift Action During Visit to Ebola-Struck Region
As the chartered transport aircraft cut through the turbulent skies over the dense, mist-shrouded canopies of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
Top W.H.O. official in Ebola epicenter as deadly outbreak spreads
The head of the World Health Organization Saturday arrived in eastern DR Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the ...
Extra: The Global Fight to Contain Ebola
The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has crossed 1,000 suspected cases, triggering an aggressive response from global health officials ...
W.H.O. Chief Visits Ebola-Struck Region: ‘It’s Time to Move Fast’
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, told The New York Times on a flight to the Democratic Republic of Congo t...
WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
BUNIA, DR Congo — UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus landed on Saturday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo province worst-hit by a severe E...
WHO DG arrives in Bunia, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak
The Director-General arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday.
WHO says 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola
World Health Organization: The WHO has reported alarming figures regarding the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 906 suspected cases and ...
What's different about this Ebola outbreak?
The World Health Organization said there are approximately 906 suspected Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and they are investigating 223 suspect...
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo can be stopped, says WHO chief – Ya Libnan
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has kill...
Uganda Closes Borders To DRC As Suspected Ebola Cases Are Now Over 1000
In response to a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak, Uganda has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. This news comes as the suspected cases re...
Aid supplies reach heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa
Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and a...
W.H.O. Chief Tedros: Ebola Contact Tracing in DR Congo ‘Nearly Impossible’
W.H.O. chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said contract tracing for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is "nearly impossible."
'Out of control': Doctors on the front line of Ebola outbreak speak out
Doctors at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo told ABC News that the deadly virus is still spreading at an alarming rat...
Analysis-'Breakneck' Ebola epidemic in Congo outpaces world's response
LONDON/NAIROBI/GENEVA, May 27 (Reuters) - In an Ebola outbreak, hours matter. Yet the response to the deadly and fast-spreading epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is weeks if not months behi...
Protesters set Ebola treatment center ablaze (VIDEOS) — RT Africa
An Ebola treatment center in eastern DR Congo was set ablaze after protesters tried to retrieve a victim’s body amid a deadly outbreak