ABCNEWS - France confirms 1st Ebola case linked to outbreak in the DRC
France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said.
France has confirmed its first Ebola case linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said.
NPR reports from Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fight to contain the virus faces obstacles from lack of supplies to residents who doubt that the virus is real.
Contact tracing and identifying patient zero has been impeded by ongoing violence in the region, and officials expect there are many more cases yet to be confirmed.
Authorities say confirmed cases of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths
The American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has returned to the United States.
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported a record one-day increase in Ebola cases, one month after the outbreak was detected.
If a traveler infected with Ebola does arrive in the U.S. during the tournament, infectious disease experts say hospitals are ready to respond.
If a traveler infected with Ebola does arrive in the U.S. during the tournament, infectious disease experts say hospitals are ready to respond.Open
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an Ebola outbreak is reshaping life, with fear spreading faster than information and hospitals turning into places of urgent containment rather than care.
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an Ebola outbreak is reshaping life, with fear spreading faster than information and hospitals turning into places of urgent containment rather than care.Open
U.S. troops deployed to Kenya to build an Ebola isolation facility as part of a effort to contain an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The DRC has improved testing capacity for Ebola, with two facilities operating in or near the epicenter. But this still may not be enough to keep up with a rapidly expanding disease.
The DRC has improved testing capacity for Ebola, with two facilities operating in or near the epicenter. But this still may not be enough to keep up with a rapidly expanding disease.Open