The Latest Breaking News from Ebola

CDC Tells Health Departments to Monitor Travelers from Congo Twice Daily for 21 Days

CDC interim guidance directs state and local health departments to assess, educate, and monitor travelers from DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan for 21 days.

Medical Daily · Aug 12

Disease Outbreak in Congo: Ebola death toll crosses 2,000—What Americans need to know

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed two thousand confirmed deaths. This outbreak involves a different virus strain which complicates current medical treatments. Health workers face immense challenges due to conflict and difficult terrain in affected regions. The risk to Americans remains very low as Ebola…

The Economic Times · Aug 12

WHO says Congo's Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest one in history

The Congo Ebola outbreak is projected to exceed the 2014-2016 West African epidemic. This outbreak is currently the fastest-growing in recorded history. Health authorities believe the outbreak began months earlier than initially declared. Experts note challenges in tracking and managing the disease due to conflict and poor infrastructure. The World…

The Economic Times · Aug 12

DRC’s deadly Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared

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The Independent UK · Aug 11

Ebola deaths surge past 2,000 – as outbreak spread for months undetected

The fastest growing Ebola outbreak in history – and the second deadliest – began in February, months before it was declared, the World Health Organisation has said

The Independent UK · Aug 11

At least 2,000 die in DR Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record

At least 2,000 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak – the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data – as health authorities struggle to get help to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues.

France 24 · Aug 11

Ebola death toll in DR Congo outbreak rises to more than 2,000, officials say

The Ebola outbreak, which has hit the DRC's conflict-plagued eastern and northeastern regions, was declared on 15 May but is thought to have already been spreading for several weeks.

Euronews · Aug 11

Congo’s Ebola death toll crosses 2,000 as country battles fastest-growing outbreak

Congo's confirmed Ebola death toll has risen to 2,011, with the second 1,000 deaths recorded in about three weeks compared with roughly nine weeks for the first 1,000, as the country battles the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

The Times of India · Aug 11

Ebola death toll in Congo surges past 2,000 amid fastest-growing outbreak on record

Congo's Ebola outbreak has recorded at least 2,000 deaths among confirmed cases, the fastest growing on record

The Independent UK · Aug 11

Five reasons why Ebola outbreak has been hard to contain as WHO makes new revelation

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The Independent UK · Aug 10