Category: Ebola
Ontario resident being tested for Ebola after travel to East Africa, says Health Ministry
CBC East Africa is currently dealing with a deadly and fast-growing Ebola outbreak. An Ontario resident who recently travelled to East Africa is being tested for Ebola, according to the province’s Health Ministry. In an email to CBC News Wednesday, a spokesperson for Ontario’s Ministry of Health said that the patient is being assessed in […]
May 20, 2026
Visualizing the Ebola outbreak in maps and charts
CNN The World Health Organization this week declared an outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa to be a public health emergency. Health officials are racing to trace contacts as the count of suspected cases rises. CNN is tracking the locations of confirmed cases in the outbreak, as well as historical cases and deaths. This page will be […]
May 20, 2026
A rare Ebola strain is spreading with no vaccine. Here’s what you need to know
NPR The number of Ebola cases has been growing – and growing by a lot — each day since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected-Ebola deaths. The vast majority of the cases are in a province in northeastern Democratic […]
May 20, 2026
Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa Could Last Months, W.H.O. Says
NYT Health officials reported more than 130 suspected deaths and 540 cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, but experts say the figures could be much higher. Medical workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are experiencing a shortage of supplies as the number of suspected Ebola cases has passed 500, according to […]
May 20, 2026
New Ebola outbreak hits DRC and Uganda: What you need to know
Care Families in the eastern DRC and Uganda are facing a new Ebola outbreak alongside conflict, displacement, hunger, and fragile health systems. CARE and local partners are supporting preparedness efforts, with a focus on sharing trusted information, supporting infection prevention, and addressing the heightened risks facing women and girls. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) […]
May 20, 2026
A rare Ebola strain is spreading. Here’s why it’s so hard to contain
National Geographic As Ebola cases mount in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what causes the disease—and the risk this outbreak poses to the rest of the world. The World Health Organization has declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in […]
May 20, 2026
This U.S. doctor went to Congo to heal others. Then Ebola hit his hospital.
Washington Post An American missionary doctor who contracted Ebola may have gotten infected while performing surgery on a patient. Peter Stafford, a man of deep Christian faith, had been working as the only surgeon at a hospital serving a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo when he began feeling sick Saturday. The […]
May 19, 2026
Marburg virus invades human cells far more efficiently than Ebola, study reveals
Medical Express In a new study published in Nature, University of Minnesota researchers have found that the Marburg virus, one of the world’s deadliest pathogens with an average 73% fatality rate, is unusually efficient at getting inside human cells. They also showed that the virus’s entry protein contains structural features that explain this efficiency and point to a […]
Mar 11, 2026
Congo declares its latest Ebola outbreak over, after 43 deaths
STAT Congo on Monday announced the end of an Ebola outbreak that killed 43 people in one of the country’s southern provinces, with authorities saying no new confirmed cases had been reported in the past 45 days. Health Minister Roger Kamba said the 43 deaths were among 53 confirmed cases in the outbreak, which was […]
Dec 3, 2025
Congo’s last Ebola patient discharged, raising hopes outbreak is over
PBS The World Health Organization announced that the last Ebola patient in Congo’s latest outbreak was discharged over the weekend and no new cases have been reported since Sept. 25. Sunday’s announcement started a 42-day countdown to declare the outbreak over if no further cases are confirmed. The outbreak, first declared in Congo’s remote Bulape […]
Oct 22, 2025