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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Americans who test positive for Ebola while under observation at a facility in Kenya could be sent for treatment in the United States — an apparent shift from the Trump administration’s position that no Ebola cases would be allowed into the country.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization announced a response plan to counter the Ebola outbreak.
A Kenyan court has blocked a proposed U.S. Ebola quarantine facility that has triggered protests in the country.
The World Health Organization chief announced a $580 million six-month plan to fight Ebola on Friday, voicing optimism that the outbreak could be contained.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
The US doctor who contracted Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recovered and been discharged from the hospital in Germany. According to the statement from the hospital, Peter Stafford received antiviral therapy while his family was also quarantined amid the outbreak.
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I’m a Doctor Who’s Treated Ebola. Here’s Why I’m Especially Worried About the Current Outbreak
A doctor who treated Ebola patients in 2014 explains what’s unusual and worrisome about the fast-growing outbreak of Ebola in the DRC caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus.
The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday significantly reduced the number of suspected Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after initially estimating nearly 1,000
By Jennifer Rigby and Mariam Sunny June 3 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the world is "catching up" with the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, where there have been 344 confirmed cases of the disease and 60 confirmed deaths,
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WHO says Ebola fight is catching up; expert explains science behind patient recoveries
A total of 381 Ebola cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 63 deaths. Uganda has reported 16 confirmed cases. Six people in the DRC and two in Uganda have recovered to date.