New modeling from the CDC shows that if measures aren't taken immediately, this outbreak could sicken more than 20,000 people in the next three months.

The Ebola outbreak spreads in Democratic Republic of Congo, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, Japanese actress Arisa Sasaki dresses as a mermaid for the Cannes Film Festival and Gaza flotilla activists are humiliated by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Ben-Gvir.

The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa is 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 ...

Diseases are likely to emerge in regions such as Ituri that are weakened by overlapping crises, political instability and health insecurity, and with fragile health-care infrastructure, workforce shortages, widespread health misinformation and limited laboratory capacity. But there is no excuse for being unprepared this time.

June 4 - Global health authorities are racing to identify medical options to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, linked to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. Unlike for the more common Zaire strain, there are no ...

The types of Ebola and hantavirus worrying officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread

Dr Peter Stafford’s wife and four children are also being monitored for symptoms amid Ebola outbreak in Congo