The arson attack in Rwampara reflects the challenges of health workers trying to curb a rare Ebola virus by using stringent measures that might clash with local customs, such as burial rites

The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm over the “scale and speed” of a deadly Ebola outbreak sweeping eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The cash-strapped World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as hundreds of cases of Ebola are suspected.