Facing a fast-moving Ebola outbreak caused by a rare strain of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) is relying on a rapid, community-centred response to halt transmission in eastern ...

The health agency says the Ebola outbreak tied to the rare Bundibugyo strain is likely far larger than confirmed case counts ...

An outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in the DRC has killed 130 and infected hundreds more. What to know about the Bundibugyo virus, symptoms and how it spreads.

The recent hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks were both born from pathogens spread from animals to humans. It's becoming a common ...

Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading ...

The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a “public ...

The number of new Ebola cases being reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo vastly outpaces the speed of previous ...

At least 131 people are believed to have died and 531 infected in the outbreak, according to health authorities in central ...

The risk of the Ebola epidemic is “high at the national and regional levels, but low at the global level”, and the situation is not a “pandemic emergency”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on ...

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ron Klain, former White House Ebola response coordinator under President Obama, about the response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic and what's different today.

Terms like outbreak, epidemic, pandemic and public health emergency each describe a different level of spread, and they help ...