Trials for new Ebola vaccines are now underway in Canada and the UK but the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) said Tuesday volunteers are needed to participate in clinical experiments as deaths and cases soar in the largest ever outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The director-general of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reportedly arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday for his second visit to oversee the response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the east of the country.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) warned on Monday that maternal mortality in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has doubled during the Ebola outbreak, with an average of six women dying in childbirth each week.
What is now the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history is swamping eastern Congo with the latest fatality numbers racing past 1,500 according to official data released Thursday.
More health workers went on strike in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Saturday to protest unpaid bonuses, as the total number of documented Ebola cases surpassed 3,000.
African health authorities confirmed Wednesday they had documented 1,031 deaths linked to the ongoing outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just over two months after the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) declared a public health emergency.
The Ebola epidemic racing through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is spreading faster and proving more virulent than efforts to contain it, global medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned on Wednesday.
The White House says U.S. citizens will not be allowed to return directly home aboard commercial flights from the Congo due to the growing threat of Ebola.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday that an American citizen has contracted Ebola while performing humanitarian work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
A holidaying off-duty Swedish police officer who stepped in to break up a brawl was beaten to death during a World Cup watch party.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported on Sunday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the current outbreak has reached 1,274, with 360 fatalities.
Radio Okapi, a network operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reported on Wednesday that samples of the deadly Ebola virus are being transported on public vehicles in certain parts of the outbreak region, because the poor transportation resources of the area left health officials with few alternatives.
An American company called Virtus Minerals has acquired two cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with strong support from the Trump administration, taking a major step toward developing critical mineral supply lines that are not controlled by China.
World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Wednesday that trials for two potential therapeutics to fight the Ebola Bundibugyo virus would begin next week.
Most World Cup fans register their fandom in terms of volume. However, the fan who has gained the most fame this year has spoken loudest with his silence.
The French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health on Wednesday confirmed its first case of Ebola from the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Ministry of Health for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said on Sunday that over 1,000 cases of Ebola have now been confirmed, with 254 deaths.
The Ebola outbreak in the Congo and Uganda has now killed over 200 people, and the number of confirmed cases surged by 38% in one week.
Officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed on Tuesday that unknown knife-wielding attackers abducted two people, a woman and her six-year-old child, from an Ebola treatment center. Both victims are believed to have tested positive for the disease.
Jean Kaseya, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) warned on Tuesday that the current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could become the worst ever recorded since so many of the people who came into contact with Ebola victims have yet to be traced and tested.
A field coordinator for humanitarian group Oxfam warned on Tuesday that supplies of clean water — the “first line of defense” against the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) — are “simply not available.”
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported a spike in new Ebola cases on Sunday, one of the largest daily increases since the official beginning of the outbreak last month.
Olivier le Polain, an epidemiologist with the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), said on Friday that there are still “many blind spots in some areas that are high risk,” so the full extent of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains unclear.
Reuters reported on Wednesday that two babies have died of Ebola at a church-run orphanage in the eastern Congolese province of Ituri, the epicenter of the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak.
Leaders of the protests against construction of a U.S.-built quarantine center for Ebola in Kenya claim police shot a protester on Tuesday.
The DR Congo counted 101 fatalities, 19 recoveries, and 550 confirmed cases in the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak as of Sunday.
Multiple reports indicate that the State Department is encouraging European countries to impose Ebola travel restrictions.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.), in conjunction with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), launched a campaign this month to raise $518 million to aid in the containment of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
The latest World Health Organization (W.H.O.) update on the Ebola outbreak centered in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this weekend confirmed 534 cases of the disease in the area, including 93 confirmed deaths.
Roger Kamba, Minister of Public Health for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), complained on Friday that travel restrictions against his country due to the Ebola outbreak are “discriminatory” and cannot be justified by science or medicine.
Fighters from an insurgent group linked to the Islamic State killed 16 civilians in the eastern Congo, the area of the Ebola outbreak.
World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus demanded on Wednesday that countries imposing travel restrictions on visitors to stop the spread of the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lift them, claiming they were harming containment efforts.
Two people were reportedly “shot dead” on Monday during protests in Kenya against a planned Ebola isolation center for Americans at a military installation.
The international vaccine development and distribution organization Gavi announced this week that it had committed $50 million to responding to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), $40 million of which would go to building up supply chains in preparation of mass production of an Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine.
A friendly soccer match between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Chile in Spain was cancelled by local authorities over concerns regarding the Ebola outbreak sweeping Africa.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday announced the reopening of the airport in Bunia, the capital city of Ituri province, which is the epicenter of the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak.
The stakes could not have been higher for the head of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus, as he spent the weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) overseeing his agency’s response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak there.
The Chinese state newspaper Global Times quoted an alleged “expert” assuring residents of the country that the threat of an outbreak of Ebola there remains low despite the close economic ties between the Communist Party and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Brazilian health officials said on Saturday they were monitoring two suspected Ebola infections, both travelers who recently arrived from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, the epicenter of the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak.
UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus landed on Saturday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo province worst-hit by a severe Ebola outbreak, an AFP journalist saw.
