On the 17th of May the World Health Organisation declared a new outbreak of Ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 321 confirmed cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola have been ...

In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), people have been living through insecurity and with an under-resourced health ...

Director-general of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in a post on social media that the region is facing a ...

The World Health Organization is in the DRC responding to the current Ebola outbreak, which is linked to about 238 deaths and ...

The outbreak remains focused in the country’s eastern Ituri province, where 264 of the cases have been recorded, the ministry ...

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The number of suspected cases in eastern Congo is nearing a thousand, with at least 220 suspected deaths. The WHO chief is ...

As the nation observes its 250th birthday, historians can help settle one present-day dispute: Is the United States a ...

On May 15, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease has ...

The World Health Organization's chief said Thursday he was heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support colleagues battling a deadly Ebola outbreak, ...

On May 15, 2026, the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new Ebola virus disease outbreak in Ituri Province, affecting three health ...