
NBC News - 2 hours 34 min ago
The World Health Organization declared the new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday after more than 300 suspected cases and over 85 deaths. NBC News' Keir Simmons reports.

UPI - 8 hours 35 min ago
The WHO has declared a public health emergency of international concern in reaction to an Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the DRC.

Forbes - 10 hours 38 min ago
Officials suspect the disease has caused 80 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo so far.

The Guardian - 14 hours 32 min ago
Experts say slashed funding and growing misinformation are some of the greatest challenges facing public health The hantavirus outbreak, while unlikely to spark the next big pandemic, is shining a spotlight on the ways public health has deteriorated in the US: its ability to test for rare diseases, its expertise on outbreak prevention and response, its ability to battle misinformation and restore trust. "Assuming everything goes well in containing this outbreak, which I hope it does, the takeaway...

The Hill - 15 hours 25 min ago
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) 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 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. The WHO said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency...

Forbes - 15 hours 38 min ago
WHO declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak a PHEIC just 48 hours after confirmation, the fastest such designation in history. What drove the decision.

Newser - 18 hours 21 min ago
The World Health Organization just raised the alarm over a new Ebola flare-up in central Africa, labeling the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a "public health emergency of international concern." The outbreak, driven by the rarer Bundibugyo strain rather than the more familiar Zaire variant, has...

Fox News - 18 hours 48 min ago
The WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda an international public health emergency after dozens of suspected deaths were reported.

New York Times - 19 hours 44 min ago
A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives Monday at a hospital after confirmation of an Ebola outbreak in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.