February 12, 2020 10:43 am
The epidemic that already has killed at least 2,249 people has posed challenges never faced before in public health _ the deadly Ebola virus in a conflict zone where not only militia fighters but also communities frightened of outsiders have attacked health workers
August 30, 2019 1:31 pm
This is Congo's 10th Ebola outbreak, but it is the first in the densely forested hillside provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, where militia-led violence and ethnic killing have undermined security in certain areas for decades.
August 14, 2019 7:39 am
The drugs — developed from antibodies from survivors that had been infected with Ebola — showed "clearly better" results in patients taking part in the trial, which is being conducted during the world's second-largest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
May 04, 2019 6:12 pm
The virus is most often spread by close contact with bodily fluids of people exhibiting symptoms and with objects such as sheets that have been contaminated.
October 31, 2014 3:32 am
America isn’t battling the virus as much as the mania around it.
October 17, 2014 1:50 am
A tracking system has been put in place under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).