BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Angry town residents at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of an Ebola treatment center, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack…
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Residents set fire to an Ebola treatment center 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…
BUNIA, Congo — The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly and now poses a “very high” risk there, as a lack of medical resources and anger among the population…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health authorities in Central Visayas have placed quarantine and surveillance teams on heightened alert for possible Ebola threats entering through international travel routes, following the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global health…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health authorities in Central Visayas have intensified surveillance and preparedness measures following the World Health Organization’s declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) over a new Ebola outbreak in Africa.…
KINSHASA, Congo — Congo will open three Ebola treatment centers in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak of a rare type of…
GENEVA, Switzerland — The deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks are only the latest crises in “dangerous and divisive” times, the World Health Organization chief said Monday. Opening the body’s annual decision-making assembly in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…
CONSOLACION, Cebu – Rare but fatal, the Ebola disease continues to be a global health concern whenever outbreaks emerge, given its high mortality rate and severe impact on the body. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),…
ABUJA, Nigeria — 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…
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Not less than 87 deaths have been reported in Congo’s new Ebola outbreak in eastern Ituri province, the Africa CDC said Saturday, which warned of an “active community transmission” as health workers raced to intensify…
CONAKRY — Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Monday, August 9, 2021. It marks the first time that…
Cebu City, Philippines – Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) puts out a list of the most pressing issues that face global health. It changes every year as WHO tries to zero in on what needs…
