The Most Basic Step of the Ebola Response Is Falling Short

The fight against Ebola is not going well. Last week, the head of Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, announced that the ongoing ...

One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he’s doing it unpaid

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Wiza Bondele goes to work every day at a hospital in Congo with one goal in mind: to slow the ...

The Paradox Behind the Relentless Spread of the Rare Ebola Strain

The Bundibugyo variant replicates more slowly than other lethal strains, meaning it can spread farther and kill more people ...

Unpaid health worker opens up on battle to slow fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever

Wiza Bondele faces a daily battle against the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, working tirelessly at a hospital in ...

Fast-spreading Ebola outbreak outpaces recovery efforts as Congo aid workers strike

As of Monday, the outbreak has led to 3,874 confirmed cases and 1,751 deaths, according to the latest data from Congo’s ...

Uganda declares itself free of Ebola as Congo continues to struggle with it

Uganda has maintained since the outset that its cases were linked to the larger outbreak in eastern Congo’s remote province ...
The Lancet

Uganda ends Ebola outbreak but risk remains

The country has managed to bring Bundibugyo virus transmission under control as the outbreak still rages in neighbouring DR Congo. Paul Adepoju reports.

Unpaid wages and deadly risk: Why health workers are threatening to abandon the Ebola response

Every day, Micheline Kayimpa pulls on layers of protective gear before stepping into an Ebola isolation ward. She’s among ...

Deadly Ebola virus could be mutating after thousands of cases

Health officials are planning to scale up efforts to fight disease with a high mortality rate.