Uganda increases health screening and security measures at border crossings due to rising Ebola cases in Bunagana, Uganda, on Friday. Neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo is also fighting the Ebola outbreak.

(Corrects day of week in lede to Sunday not Saturday) May 27 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Sunday, May 17, declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and said there was a high risk it could spread to neighbouring countries.

The U.S. is blocking some international travel amid an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Those restrictions will be in effect when the team makes its World Cup debut in Houston on June 17.

A U.S. travel ban tied to an Ebola outbreak forced a plane en route to Detroit from Paris to be diverted. Do these bans work? Experts weigh in.

The US Department of State upgraded its travel advisory warning from Level 3 to a Level 4 for the Democractic Republic of the Congo this week, ordering the departures of all non-emergency government employees and their family members. According to the ...

The decision places the Republic of the Congo among a group of African countries opening their borders to fellow Africans in line with Pan-African integration goals.

WHO chief in Democratic Republic of Congo