Ebola virus
Aid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban
Washington's new policy says American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is an Ebola outbreak, must spend three weeks in a third country before entering the US
Ebola patients, responders flee Congo hospital attack after patient denied blood transfusion dies
Oxford begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine, Germany treats infected US citizen
Protesters burn treatment centers, attack healthcare workers to retrieve bodies of Ebola victims
New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo -national medical institute
The country has recorded 14 outbreaks since 1976. The 2018-2020 outbreak in the east was Congo's largest and the second largest ever recorded, with nearly 3,500 total cases.
WHO officials investigating potential Ebola case in Congo
DR Congo's National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) is currently testing samples from the patient in order to confirm whether or not they were infected with Ebola.
Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan
An 18-year-old woman tested positive on Saturday after traveling by bus to Abidjan from neighboring Guinea. It is Ivory Coast's first confirmed case of Ebola in 25 years.
WHO says Guinea monitoring confirmed 155 cases of Ebola-like Marburg virus
Guinea was declared free of Ebola two months ago, following an outbreak that killed 12 people.
Congo confirms second Ebola case in resurgence of major outbreak
Joe Biden to appoint Ron Klain as chief of staff
Klain served as Chief of Staff for two vice presidents: Joe Biden and Al Gore, before being appointed as Ebola Response Coordinator for Obama administrations.
2020 is the year of COVID-19 – but what other health crises did it bring?
The WHO counts over 60 separate health emergencies this year, all overshadowed by the novel coronavirus.
New study of Ebola may hold answers for long-term COVID-19 immunity
The study, carried out in a joint effort by British and Guinean scientists, is the world's largest and most comprehensive one to date to examine survivors of the Ebola virus.
Ebola outbreak in western DR of the Congo reaches 100 cases - WHO
"The virus is spreading across a wide and rugged terrain which requires costly interventions."
More people infected with Ebola in new Congo outbreak, WHO says
An epidemic of the virus on the other side of the country has killed more than 2,200 people since 2018.