Ebola virus

Israeli isolated in hospital while being tested for suspected Ebola symptoms after visiting DRC

A man who returned to Israel from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been placed in isolation at Soroka Medical Center while being tested for Ebola after reporting a fever.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 30, 2026.
Red Cross workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise, who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Ebola outbreak in Congo tops 4,000 cases in world's second-largest epidemic

Researchers believe Congo's Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared, with the true scale of infections likely much higher.

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Erica Schwartz attends her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as new CDC director by US Senate

Schwartz is a board-certified preventive medicine physician who served as the US Coast Guard's chief medical officer from 2015 to 2019 and holds both medical and law degrees.

|ByREUTERS
A Ugandan worker collects a rubber glove from the airing line during a visit by the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak.

Uganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak short of WHO waiting period guidelines

The last Ebola patient in Uganda, a Congolese national, was discharged on June 22, short of the 42-day waiting period required by the World Health Organization to declare the end of an outbreak.

|ByREUTERS

Ben-Gurion Airport holds Ebola-screening drill for Israel arrivals

Exercise comes as Israel steps up measure to prevent possible spread of deadly strain by tourists from Ebola-affected areas.

OCTOBER 17, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Ebola screening drill held at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 17, 2014.

Preventive measures to be put in place to stop entry of visitors carrying Ebola

Deadly virus has claimed the lives of more than 4,490 people worldwide, says WHO.

OCTOBER 16, 2014ByHERB KEINON
Some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus

Mark Zuckerberg to donate $25 million to help fight Ebola

Zuckerberg warned that Ebola could become the next HIV or polio, a disease that will be fought for decades.

OCTOBER 14, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Mark Zuckerberg

Fundamentally Freund: Is rebuilding Gaza more important than halting Ebola?

The number of Ebola cases is reportedly doubling every three to four weeks, but billions of dollars will be lavished on Gaza rather than on the jeopardized populations of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

OCTOBER 13, 2014ByMICHAEL FREUND
A UN convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in Abidjan.