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New transmission from animals likely caused Congo-Uganda Ebola outbreak, study says
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo concerns a previously unseen variant of the rare Bundibugyo species of...
Read moreDetailsDRC releases boat detained over fears of Ebola on board
Congolese authorities have released a boat detained last week over fears passengers might be carrying the Ebola virus. Speaking to...
Read moreDetailsCongo’s Ebola outbreak is second-largest on record, latest data shows
Democratic Republic of Congo's fast-spreading Ebola outbreak is now the world's second-largest on record, government data showed on Friday, as...
Read moreDetailsUganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak
Uganda's health minister declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday following the East African nation's latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease that...
Read moreDetailsA day in the life of Congo’s overstretched Ebola surveillance teams
On a good day, there are only four cars available to ferry surveillance teams round the city of Bunia, the...
Read moreDetailsWhat Bundibugyo Ebola vaccines and treatments are under development
Global health authorities are racing to identify medical options to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of...
Read moreDetailsAfrica’s top health official asks US to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda
The head of Africa's top public health agency said he had written to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Read moreDetailsCanada to temporarily bar entry for foreigners who have recently been to Congo, against UN advice
The Canadian government said on Sunday it would deny entry to any foreigner who has been to Congo within the...
Read moreDetailsAid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban
Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation...
Read moreDetailsUganda discharges last Ebola patient, starts countdown to be virus-free
Uganda discharged its last remaining Ebola patient on Thursday, triggering a 42-day countdown after which it can be declared free...
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