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The rapid spread of Africa’s Ebola outbreak is driven by a new strain known as Bundibugyo. Maps, charts, and data visualziations detail its spread.
The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread.
In a remote mining town at the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, grief and mistrust are complicating efforts to stop the virus. Health workers are trying to treat the ill and bury the dead,
Changes in our country’s public health system have contributed to the slow detection and rapid spread of Ebola as well as the recent outbreak of measles in the US and the hantavirus spreading from the cruise ship.
Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo​ attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus.
Trump slashed more than 30 CDC experts and 140 USAID staff who managed the 2018 Ebola outbreak on the ground in the DRC.
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Ebola alert in India: Rajasthan, Hyderabad report suspected cases of deadly virus
According to the Ministry of Health, there are currently no confirmed Ebola cases in India. As part of precautionary measures, travelers entering India from such nations are required to undergo a 21-day quarantine period.
Scientists believe Ebola viruses naturally exist in some wild animals, with bats considered one of the likely hosts.