ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Congo’s Ebola outbreak rapidly spreading beyond epicenter, health body warns
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body
NYTIMES (Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Arlette Bashizi) - How a Driver’s Sudden Death Triggered Ebola Panic in Congo
When a truck driver unexpectedly collapsed and died in a remote village, frontline medical staff scrambled to safely isolate his body, triggering a standoff.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
The latest government data shows Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases
NYTIMES (Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Arlette Bashizi) - The Ritual of Coffin Making in a City Hit by Ebola
While several coffin makers in Bunia said they were providing a public service, the virus has put them at the center of a debate around safe burials.
NEWSCATS - How Foreign Aid is Ruining Africa
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ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Congo's Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet
More than 300 people have died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, according to government data
NPR (The Associated Press) - Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts
Government data showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths. The outbreak has infected and killed more people at a greater speed than any other outbreak in history.
NYTIMES (Finbarr O’Reilly) - ‘We Will All Die From Ebola Here’: Virus Stalks Crowded Camps in Congo
There are a million people displaced by violence in the epicenter. They live in dangerous conditions and are fighting the virus with very little clean water.
NYTIMES (Sheri Fink) - Why Epidemics Breed Rage at Health Workers
Some people have fought Ebola containment measures in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scholars have seen similar responses across societies and throughout history.
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Second American contracts Ebola in Congo while working for Samaritan's Purse
A second American citizen has tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the CDC announced Friday, this time a logistics worker deployed with the Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse in the outbreak's epicenter of Ituri province. The patient, who has not been publicly identified, had been working out of Bunia, the […] The post Second American contracts Ebola in Congo while working for Samaritan's Purse appeared first on American Almanac .
A second American citizen has tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the CDC announced Friday, this time a logistics worker deployed with the Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse in the outbreak's epicenter of Ituri province. The patient, who has not been publicly identified, had been working out of Bunia, the provincial capital, and was not directly involved in treating Ebola victims. The case marks another grim milestone in a crisis that has now produced 1,926 confirmed infections and 702 deaths, according to DRC health officials. It also raises hard questions about the true scale of an outbreak that the World Health Organization's own emergencies director says may be four times larger than…Open