Ebola June 12, 2019 Uganda confirms first Ebola case since virus broke out in Congo A child in Uganda has tested positive for Ebola in the first cross-border case of the deadly virus since an outbreak started in neighboring Congo last year, Uganda's health ministry said late Tuesday, in a blow to efforts by health workers who for months sought to prevent contamination across the heavily traveled frontier.
OPINION June 10, 2019 Drs. Thomas Frieden, Margaret Hamburg: There’s a limited window to make America safer from epidemics Every day brings stark reminders that we live in a dangerous world.
Ebola June 5, 2019 Ebola outbreak in Congo reaches over 2,000 confirmed cases International health officials are warning against the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history as more than 2,000 cases have been reported in eastern Congo.
HEALTH May 9, 2019 Attacks on health care facilities, dire security concerns escalating latest Ebola outbreak Continued attacks on Ebola treatment facilities and medical professionals have many fearing the outbreak in the DRC could morph into another global catastrophe.
Ebola April 12, 2019 Congo's Ebola outbreak might be declared global emergency 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 the outbreak in Congo an international health emergency.
Ebola April 1, 2019 Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever: WHO Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Ebola March 1, 2019 4 Ebola patients in Congo missing after treatment center is set on fire Four Ebola patients have gone missing in Congo after an attack on Wednesday on a treatment center run by Doctors Without Borders, prompting the group to suspend its operations in the area.
Ebola February 11, 2019 Ebola kills nearly 100 children in Congo as outbreak rages on Nearly 100 children have died in an Ebola outbreak ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo as health workers warn it could be far from over.
Ebola February 6, 2019 Patient at Pennsylvania hospital being tested for Ebola A patient is being tested for Ebola at a hospital in Philadelphia, although officials don't believe the patient has the potentially deadly illness.
Ebola January 25, 2019 Ebola virus found in bat in West Africa for the first time, scientists say The Ebola virus has been found in a bat in Liberia, the country’s government and scientists with Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health announced this week.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE January 12, 2019 American monitored for possible Ebola exposure released, having ‘never developed’ disease, Nebraska medical facility says An American who was being monitored in Nebraska after possibly being exposed to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo was released from care on Saturday after having “never developed” the disease, the medical facility announced.
