WHO declares global health emergency over Congo Ebola outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit by an outbreak of Ebola. According to the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the outbreak was discovered in the northeast…
18 May 19:39 · Boing Boing
Health workers race to contain Congo's fast-spreading Ebola outbreak
Medical personnel were rushing on Monday to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where an American missionary was among those who tested positive for the often fatal viral disease. While Congo ‌has experience tackling Ebola, the late detection and quick spread of this…
18 May 20:00 · Japan Today
WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The World Health Organization declared on Saturday that the spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was a global health emergency. The announcement was made a day after Africa's leading public health author...
18 May 11:00 · science.slashdot.org
US to screen for Ebola at airports, one American in DR Congo infected
US President Donald Trump said that he was "concerned" by the outbreak, but that "I think that it's been confined right now to Africa".
18 May 23:25 · CNA
US to screen for Ebola at airports, one American in DR Congo infected
US President Donald Trump said that he was "concerned" by the outbreak, but that "I think that it's been confined right now to Africa".
18 May 23:25 · CNA
WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of deadly DR Congo Ebola outbreak
The DRC's health minister said the suspected toll from the outbreak declared late last week had risen to 131 deaths and 513 cases.
19 May 08:26 · CNA
Ebola outbreak sparks global health emergency as deaths rise in Africa
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern” as cases and deaths...
19 May 06:17 · The News International
What to know about the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola causing an outbreak in Congo
The species of Ebola virus causing an outbreak in Congo that has killed nearly 120 people is less common than other Ebola viruses, which is complicating the response because there are no specific treatments ...
19 May 08:10 · Medical Xpress
WHO worried about 'scale and speed' of deadly DR Congo Ebola outbreak
The DRC's health minister said the suspected toll from the outbreak declared late last week had risen to 131 deaths and 513 cases.
19 May 08:26 · CNA
What do we know about the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus?
The World Health Organization has declared the current Ebola outbreak – so far limited to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda – a public health emergency of international concern.
19 May 07:22 · CNA
U.S. to screen for Ebola at airports, one American in Democratic Republic of Congo infected
U.S. enhances Ebola screening at airports amid DRC outbreak; one American infected, emergency measures implemented to contain spread.
18 May 23:31 · The Hindu
Over 120 deaths in latest DR Congo Ebola crisis: this is what we know
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo an international health emergency after more than 120 suspected deaths and hundreds of possible infections linked to the highly contagious virus.
19 May 05:43 · Africanews
WHO worried about ‘scale and speed’ of deadly Ebola outbreak
WHO chief expresses deep concern over the rapid spread of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
19 May 10:06 · The Hindu
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