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WHO Chief Reports 5 Ebola Recoveries
WHO Chief Reports
5 Ebola Recoveries
May 31, 2026 10:50 AM CDT

WHO Chief Reports 5 Ebola Recoveries

One says he feared dying without knowing why

(Newser) - Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday during a visit to Bunia in eastern Congo, a city at the heart of an outbreak. "Four people will be discharged today and there was one that was discharged...

WHO Chief Visits Congo, Opposes Closing Borders

Official data show 906 suspected Ebola cases and 223 suspected deaths

(Newser) - The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite the arrival of new aid. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed the...

The WHO Said Not to Do It. Uganda Just Did

Country closes border with Congo amid Ebola surge

(Newser) - Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo "with immediate effect" as cases surge there of a rare type of Ebola and as others emerge at home, per the AP . A local Ebola task force led by Vice President Jesca Alupo made the decision after a...

Complicating Factors in Ebola Fight Include Anger

Congo says suspected cases have topped 900

(Newser) - Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Congo underscore the serious challenges authorities face—including a backlash in affected communities—as they try to stem an outbreak of the infectious disease that has been declared a global health emergency, experts say. The burning last week of the centers in...

WHO: Ebola Outbreak in Congo Is 'Spreading Rapidly'

World health body upgrades risk assessment to 'very high' at the national level

(Newser) - The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is "spreading rapidly" and now poses a "very high" risk at the national level. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN health agency was revising upward to "very high" its assessment...

Residents Burn Ebola Center in Congo

Officials say residents were angry about being unable to retrieve friend's body

(Newser) - People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis...

Captain Says He Can't Land in US. Then Came the Masks

Air France flight to Detroit diverted due to unpermitted Congo passenger amid Ebola outbreak

(Newser) - A trans-Atlantic flight bound for Detroit instead touched down in Montreal on Wednesday after US officials refused it entry over a passenger from Congo, where an Ebola outbreak is underway. US Customs and Border Protection said it blocked Air France Flight 378, which originated in Paris, from landing at Detroit'...

Ebola Circulated for Weeks Before WHO Declared Emergency

Delayed detection, rare Bundibugyo strain hamper containment efforts in Congo

(Newser) - Ebola was spreading in eastern Congo for weeks before health officials realized what they were dealing with, and by the time the World Health Organization labeled the outbreak a global health emergency, the numbers were already grim, the New York Times reports. Congo's health ministry reports at least 105...

Deadly Ebola Outbreak Now Affecting Americans

Media reports indicate at least 6 have been exposed in Democratic Republic of Congo

(Newser) - Americans are now among those caught up in the latest Ebola outbreak in central Africa, US health officials said Sunday. The CDC is helping coordinate the evacuation of a "small number" of US citizens "directly affected" by the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the...

Emergency Declared Over Rare Ebola Strain in Africa

Outbreak in Congo prompts an official warning from the World Health Organization

(Newser) - 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...

Congo Rushes to Screen for Ebola as Death Toll Rises

'In a single day, we bury two, three, or even more people,' Bunia resident says

(Newser) - Health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the Democratic Republic of Congo's new Ebola outbreak . At least 80 deaths have been reported in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said. In Bunia, the province's capital, residents described their fears and and constant burials, the...

Health Agency Confirms Fatal Ebola Outbreak in Congo

Experts say belated announcement could hurt containment

(Newser) - Africa's top public health agency has confirmed a significant Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with dozens of deaths and hundreds of suspected cases under review. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that 65 deaths had been reported in Ituri province, with 246...

Just as Ebola Epidemic Was Nearly Defeated, a Big Problem

Patient flees, sparking fears flare-up will become a larger outbreak

(Newser) - An Ebola patient has escaped from a clinic in eastern Congo, leading to fears that a flare-up of the hemorrhagic fever that started April 10 won't be so easily contained. The Democratic Republic of Congo hadn't seen a new case in more than seven weeks, and was two...

Ebola Drugs Did So Well Researchers Stopped the Tests

Instead, the drugs are being put to immediate use in Congo

(Newser) - Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday. The preliminary findings prompted an early halt to a major study on the drugs and a decision to prioritize their use in the African country, where a yearlong outbreak has...

First Ebola Case Confirmed in City of 2M
Ebola Reaches City of 2M
Jul 15, 2019 12:15 AM CDT

Ebola Reaches City of 2M

Infected pastor traveled to Goma, Congo

(Newser) - The Congolese health ministry confirmed an Ebola case in Goma late Sunday, marking the first time the virus has reached the city of more than 2 million people along the border with Rwanda since the epidemic began nearly a year ago. The health ministry says the man, who arrived earlier...

They'd Hoped to Contain Ebola in the Congo. That Plan Failed

2 have died in Uganda, and there are more suspected cases

(Newser) - The World Health Organization has called an emergency meeting Friday over an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has now made its way into Uganda. Citing Ugandan Health Ministry information, the New York Times reports that two people—a 5-year-old Congolese boy and his 50-year-old grandmother—died...

Ebola Health Worker Killed by Villagers

Democratic Republic of Congo continues to struggle to contain outbreak

(Newser) - Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo continue to struggle to effectively combat the deadly virus that's currently raging in an "out of control" outbreak : On Saturday, villagers killed a health worker, AFP reports, citing the daily health ministry bulletin dated Sunday. "Part of the population...

Ebola Outbreak Is 'Out of Control'
Ebola Outbreak Is
'Out of Control'
May 15, 2019 4:44 PM CDT

Ebola Outbreak Is 'Out of Control'

Experts warn that a ceasefire is needed in the DRC

(Newser) - The Democratic Republic of Congo's devastating Ebola outbreak is the second-biggest in history , but experts are now saying it's out of control and could end up rivaling the worst epidemic ever, which devastated three west African countries between 2013 and 2016. More than 1,600 people in the...

Doctor Possibly Exposed to Ebola Is Now in Nebraska

US doctor was working at a missionary hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo

(Newser) - A US doctor possibly exposed to the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now back in the US. The unidentified 39-year-old treated a "severely ill" patient at a missionary hospital who later tested positive for the deadly virus, Politico reports. A day later, the US physician...

Ebola Outbreak Now History's 2nd-Biggest

Almost 400 cases confirmed in northeast Congo

(Newser) - Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is now the second largest in history, behind the devastating West Africa outbreak that killed thousands a few years ago, the World Health Organization said Thursday. WHO's emergencies chief, Dr. Peter Salama, called it a "sad toll" as Congo's health ministry announced...

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