The declaration came after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. All the cases are in Congo, except for two recorded in neighboring Uganda.
The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern.” ...
WHO declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak a PHEIC just 48 hours after confirmation, the fastest such designation in history. What drove the decision.
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, after more than ...
The agency made the declaration just a day after Africa’s top public health agency first announced the outbreak. There is no approved vaccine for this species of Ebola. By Yan Zhuang Matthew Mpoke ...
The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius on Thursday is en route to Spain’s Canary Islands, as European and African authorities rush to trace anyone who may have come into contact with the virus. The ...
As another person is placed on a ventilator, the World Health Organization (WHO) is trying to strike the right balance in preventing complacency about the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV ...