At least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases have been reported in the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry said Tuesday as the World Health Organization's head expressed concern over the "scale and speed of the epidemic."

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Tuesday before the World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva that “the magnitude…

An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has surpassed 500 suspected cases, WHO’s top official said Tuesday.Of those suspected cases, 130 people…

The Ebola disease, which the World Health Organization calls a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates, has claimed 130 lives as of May 19, according to…