World Has Learned From the Last Ebola Outbreak
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The rapid spread of Africa’s Ebola outbreak is driven by a new strain known as Bundibugyo. Maps, charts, and data visualziations detail its spread.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, the veteran journalist describes what the worst Ebola outbreak in years looks like at quarantine facilities—and funerals—in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
EBOLA IS A terrifying virus that kills 30-50% of the people it infects. Fortunately, the world has been getting better at fighting it. Since 2015 vaccines for Zaire, the most common Ebola strain, have limited its spread whenever hotspots emerged in Africa.
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An Ebola outbreak in a southwestern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating quickly, as some health responders say they have less than a tenth of the funding needed to contain the deadly disease. Officials in DR Congo are struggling ...
An Ebola epidemic in Central Africa has been declared a "public health emergency of international concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO). As of May 22, over 800 Ebola cases have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including more ...
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Ebola is a serious potentially fatal infectious disease. It causes fever, damage to blood vessels, and in severe cases, bleeding, organ failure and death. It was first identified in 1976 in central Africa and most outbreaks have occurred there since.