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...

The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.

The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, and has no approved virus-specific therapeutics or vaccine. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a

The health minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday that authorities had already selected sites in Rwampara and Mongwalu to establish new treatment centers and that dozens of patients were receiving active care.

As of 16 May, eight laboratory-confirmed cases, 246 suspected cases and 80 suspected deaths had been reported in the DRC.

A fast‑moving Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain has killed more than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and reached the major city of Goma, prompting the World Health Organization to declare an international health emergency.

Health workers in Kinshasa met with Dieudonne Mwamba, Director General of the National Institute of Public Health, to discuss a deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo

At least 80 people are reported to have died and 246 suspected cases identified in Ituri province in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus.