Ebola virus
Health Ministry investigating another suspected Ebola case after traveler returns from DR Congo
The person will be treated in isolation under procedures for handling high-risk infectious diseases and will be transferred to Ichilov Hospital.
DRC set to receive 70,000 Ebola vaccines, not approved for current strain, WHO says
Congo Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in country's history as death toll reaches new peak
Patient held in isolation in Soroka Hospital tests negative for Ebola after returning from DRC
Israeli isolated in hospital while being tested for suspected Ebola symptoms after visiting DRC
A man who returned to Israel from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been placed in isolation at Soroka Medical Center while being tested for Ebola after reporting a fever.
Ebola outbreak in Congo tops 4,000 cases in world's second-largest epidemic
Researchers believe Congo's Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared, with the true scale of infections likely much higher.
Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as new CDC director by US Senate
Schwartz is a board-certified preventive medicine physician who served as the US Coast Guard's chief medical officer from 2015 to 2019 and holds both medical and law degrees.
Uganda declares end to latest Ebola outbreak short of WHO waiting period guidelines
The last Ebola patient in Uganda, a Congolese national, was discharged on June 22, short of the 42-day waiting period required by the World Health Organization to declare the end of an outbreak.
Aid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban
Washington's new policy says American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is an Ebola outbreak, must spend three weeks in a third country before entering the US
Ebola patients, responders flee Congo hospital attack after patient denied blood transfusion dies
Relatives of a patient were part of the crowd that stormed the Nyakunde Hospital in Ituri province on Wednesday afternoon and evening, throwing stones and damaging its perimeter fence.
Oxford begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine, Germany treats infected US citizen
Recruitment for the vaccination trial has begun, with vaccinations expected to start in the coming weeks • US citizen becomes second to be treated in German hospital • Total DRC cases rise to 1,926
Protesters burn treatment centers, attack healthcare workers to retrieve bodies of Ebola victims
The Ebola outbreak has sparked a wave of misinformation that health officials linked to violent assaults on healthcare workers and attacks on healthcare centers.
WHO: Ebola outbreak in Congo still in 'expansion phase,' transmission fulled by population movement
"It is still in the expansion phase, unfortunately. We would like to say it is stabilizing, but frankly we cannot say it yet," Dr Anne Ancia, WHO representative in the country, said.
Congo bans gatherings in Kinshasa and three provinces over Ebola outbreak
The ban comes ahead of a planned protest in Kinshasa on July 8 against constitutional reform, with opposition figures calling it "politically motivated."
