With no approved vaccine for the fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the DRC, experts weigh testing one with unknown protection.

The Covid vaccination programme was unprecedented. Never before had vaccines been developed so quickly or rolled out so rapidly. What would normally takes years in research and clinical trials, was done in months. Once available, they were deployed at a ...

But it has been hard to attract interest in medical interventions for viruses that have not been considered a top public health priority, scientists say.

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Africa was announced last week, then quickly declared an emergency by the WHO. It's likely cuts in U.S. aid to the DRC contributed to a delay in identifying the outbreak.

Health authorities in Jersey have confirmed they are working with UK officials to monitor the Ebola outbreak in central Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) said there had been 600 suspected cases across the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries and 139 suspected deaths.

Britain has allocated up to 20 million pounds ($26.87 million) in new ​aid funding to help contain an ‌Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UK's Foreign Office said ​on Thursday.

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.