U.S. expands use of coronavirus diagnostic test
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted emergency use approval for state public health laboratories to…
U.S. declares coronavirus health emergency, bars foreign nationals who visited China
WASHINGTON Reuters) – The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public…
China reports fourth case of plague this month
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities on Thursday reported a fresh case of bubonic plague in the country’s northern Inner…
Congo to deploy second Ebola vaccine
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday that they plan…
Uganda confirms another Ebola case
FILE PHOTO: Ugandan health workers speak to civilians before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in…
Congolese girl, 9, dies of Ebola in Uganda- hospital official
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A nine-year-old girl has died of Ebola in the East African nation of Uganda, a hospital official…
Congolese girl, 9, dies of Ebola in Uganda: hospital official
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A 9-year-old girl has died of Ebola in the East African nation of Uganda, a hospital official…
Three Congolese doctors arrested in connection with WHO official’s death
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Three Congolese doctors have been arrested for allegedly planning an attack on a…
Measles surveillance lags in U.S. workplaces, expert says
(Reuters Health) – – Monitoring for measles in U.S. workplaces needs improvement, especially in the healthcare sector, an occupational safety…
Rwanda says its border with Congo remains open
Congolese people walk near the gate barriers at the border crossing point with Rwanda following its closure over Ebola threat…
Rwanda border with Ebola-hit Congo fully open after slowdowns: minister
KIGALI/GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Rwanda’s border with Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was fully open late on…
Pandemic bonds face scrutiny after Ebola outbreak yet to trigger payout
LONDON (Reuters) – World Bank funding instruments issued to help emerging countries swiftly tackle pandemics have come under the spotlight…
Second Ebola case in Congo’s main eastern city dies
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The second patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in eastern Congo’s main city…
WHO says it could use more U.S. help on the ground in Ebola fight
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States could bolster the battle against the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo by…
Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The resignation of Congo’s health minister in the midst of the country’s worst…
WHO says investigators conclude Ebola victim did not enter Rwanda
GENEVA (Reuters) – A Congolese woman who may have spread the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda did not go to…
Timeline: How a Congo Ebola outbreak became a global concern
DAKAR (Reuters) – The World Health Organization has declared Congo’s Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, after the virus threatened…
WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared Congo’s Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely…
WHO flags Ebola risk in Rwanda, but then withdraws its report
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Thursday withdrew a report that said an Ebola patient may have entered…
Ebola spread to east Congo’s Goma massively raises risk – U.N.
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo/GENEVA (Reuters) – Ebola’s arrival in eastern Congo’s main city of Goma severely raises the risk…
Family sent back to DR Congo after two die of Ebola in Uganda
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Authorities repatriated the relatives of two people who died of Ebola in Uganda back to the Democratic…
Uganda confirms first case of Ebola, a Congolese child – WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – A first case of Ebola has been confirmed in Uganda, a five- year-old Congolese child who is…
U.N. creates new Ebola chief role to tackle security, political issues in Congo
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations named an Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator on Thursday, creating a new position to boost…
Congo registers record of 27 new Ebola cases in one day
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo registered a one-day record of 27 new confirmed Ebola…
U.S. measles cases at highest since elimination in 2000: CDC
An illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, measles virus particle studded with glycoprotein tubercles in this handout…
Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it…
WHO says Ebola area contained but Congo needs long-term support
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is now concentrated in two areas and could be…
Congo Ebola center set on fire after armed attack
Burned structures are seen after attackers set fire to an Ebola treatment center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in…
After attacks, MSF suspends Ebola treatment in epicenter of Congo outbreak
Burned cars are seen after attackers set fire to an Ebola treatment center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in…
Climate change could raise risk of congenital heart defects
(Reuters Health) – More babies could be born with heart defects in the future as global warming puts pregnant women…
Ebola spreads to high-risk area of Congo: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread southwards into an area with high security risks, the…
Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola treatments
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese authorities have authorized clinical trials for four experimental Ebola treatments, which will allow researchers to collect…
Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of…
Congo records first Ebola case in major eastern city of Butembo
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – Congo has recorded its first case of Ebola in the eastern trading hub of Butembo, a…
Congo Republic confirms yellow fever near Angolan enclave
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Congo Republic has confirmed a case of yellow fever near the border with an Angolan enclave, the…
Doctor in eastern Congo contracts Ebola in ‘dreaded’ scenario: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – A doctor has become the first probable Ebola case in one of the eastern Democratic Republic of…
Militia threat hampers Ebola fight in Congo as disease kills 47
GENEVA (Reuters) – Militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo has prevented aid workers from reaching some potential cases in…
New Ebola deaths in DRC [The Morning Call]
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC have said they will begin administering an experimental vaccine following a…
Health workers in Congo being vaccinated against Ebola: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Vaccination of health workers against the deadly Ebola virus has begun in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Latest Congo Ebola outbreak is Zaire strain, vaccinations to start
GENEVA (Reuters) – An Ebola outbreak in Congo has been confirmed as the Zaire strain of the virus and vaccinations…
Ebola vaccinations in eastern Congo due to begin on Wednesday
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Vaccinations against a new outbreak of Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of…
Eastern Congo Ebola outbreak believed to have killed 33: health ministry
DAKAR (Reuters) – An outbreak of the Ebola virus declared this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is believed…
WHO warns there may be no vaccine option for new Ebola outbreak
GENEVA (Reuters) – It may be impossible to use a vaccine to tackle Democratic Republic of Congo’s new Ebola outbreak,…
Experts arrive in region of Congo’s new Ebola outbreak
GENEVA/GOMA (Reuters) – An international delegation has arrived in the town of Beni in Democratic Republic of Congo, 30 km…
Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in eastern province
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Four people have tested positive for Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…
Medical workers in Congo city finish vaccinating contacts of Ebola patients
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Medical workers in Democratic Republic of Congo have given all the immediate contacts of Ebola patients in…
WHO’s Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over three months
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization assumes 100-300 cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo between May and…
Ebola patients slip out of Congo hospital as medics try to control outbreak
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Three patients infected with the Ebola virus slipped out of an isolation ward…
Two more die of Ebola in Congo, seven new cases confirmed
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Two more people have died from Ebola and seven new cases were confirmed…
Congo begins giving experimental Ebola vaccine to medics
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo began administering an experimental Ebola vaccine to medical staff in the northwestern…
Ebola outbreak worsens; new case confirmed in urban area
The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC has entered “a new phase” after a case…
Narcan On The Rise & Retail Apocalypse: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
August 9, 2017, FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. VICE News meets with residents of Middletown, Ohio, to…
WHO hopes to use Ebola vaccine to stem outbreak in remote area of Congo
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle…
Seventeen deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health…