The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new health advisory about the latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thirty-seven confirmed cases ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It's caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. This outbreak began with a 34-year-old ...

Johannesburg — The Minister of Health for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Samuel Roger Kamba, confirmed last week an outbreak of the highly infectious Zaire strain of Ebola virus disease in the ...

At least 15 people from the Democratic Republic of Congo, including four health care workers, died following a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, the central African nation’s 16th major brush with the ...

New research this month shows that the experimental antiviral obeldesivir prevented up to 100% of deaths in monkeys infected with the deadliest species of Ebola. Reading time 3 minutes We may have ...

On Jan. 29, 2025, the Ministry of Health of Uganda officially declared an Ebola outbreak in Kampala, with 10 confirmed cases reported as of March. This marks the eighth Ebola outbreak in Uganda since ...

DAKAR, March 6 (Reuters) - A new cluster of Ebola cases has emerged in Uganda, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday, adding that efforts were being made ...

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Elon Musk on Wednesday acknowledged that the U.S. DOGE Service “accidentally canceled” efforts by the U.S. Agency for International Development to prevent the spread of Ebola — but the billionaire ...

The first meeting of President Donald Trump‘s second-term Cabinet on Wednesday offered ill omens for the health of Americans as well as populations abroad. Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia wasted no time ...

A suspected Ebola exposure at a Manhattan urgent-care facility had two patients rushed to the hospital by emergency workers in hazmat suits Sunday – but the disease was ruled out. The patients were ...

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