#Ebola

The Trump administration has turned inward in response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, with increasingly isolationist policies that are alarming and disappointing infectious disease experts.…

Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). warned Friday that the current Ebola outbreak could become the second-largest spread of this virus in history.…

Politicized public health agencies also make it harder to hold officials accountable

For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, there is no shame in craving wild meat, a key part of the culture.

World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is in eastern Congo’s Bunia, where a rare type of Ebola is spreading faster than the response.

Two weeks into the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there are now 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including 223 suspected deaths.

The deadly disease was identified half a century ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is unacceptable that it continues to take lives. The deadly disease was identified half a century ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.…

Cases in central Africa are rising at an alarming pace, but lessons from past epidemics could help to contain the current spread of infection.…

Here’s where Ebola is spreading, how it infects humans and what the Bundibugyo type of the virus does to the body.

(RNS) — The Christian humanitarian relief organization has deep expertise in treating Ebola.

In echoes of past outbreaks, community members are attacking clinics, distrusting doctors and following burial traditions that could lead to more cases of Ebola.

The U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak is drawing new warnings from public health experts about the impact of the Trump administration's global health policies, including the dismantlement of USAID and its withdrawal from the World Health Organization.…

Americans exposed to Ebola in Africa will quarantine in Kenya and be moved to treatment facilities in Europe if they test positive, senior Trump administration officials said on Thursday.…

Bundibugyo strain, which has no vaccine, has so far killed 88 and may have been spreading undetected for three weeks

Restrictions apply to anyone without an American passport who visited the region in the last three weeks and will last for at least 30 days

Public urged to follow preventive measures following a major outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo

A major new epidemic is emerging in the Democratic Republic of Congo – here’s what you need to know

‘Lullaby mothers’, who cared for children orphaned or separated from their parents, will not be allowed to volunteer during this outbreak

Footage circulating online appeared to show parts of Rwampara Hospital engulfed in flames