An escalating outbreak of a rare Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off a race to find vaccines and treatments that can be quickly tested and rolled out to save lives and stem…

At least 87 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak, as health authorities warn the strain "has no vaccine, no specific treatment".

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 as authorities warned there was no vaccine for the strain in a crisis that the World Health…