Experts say several crises combine to make the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo difficult to contain.

BUNIA, Congo — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped...

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…

The World Health Organization on Friday said the outbreak is spreading rapidly and now poses a “very high” risk nationally.

BUNIA, Congo - People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a…

BUNIA: People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local…

People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors are struggling to…

It would be a mistake to underestimate the risk posed by the Ebola outbreak, the WHO regional director for Africa said on Friday, warning that just one

The World Health Organization said Friday that Ebola now poses a “very high” risk, as a lack of medical resources and anger among the population hamper the response.

As cases and deaths continue to mount, teams on the ground are scrambling to contain what they feel is like a growing wildfire.

New strain of virus, aid cuts and cultural norms around burials and touch add to difficulties in stemming outbreak

The World Bank is deploying emergency resources and preparing rapid financing for Congo’s Ebola outbreak as WHO declares a global health emergency and fears grow over regional…

With cases spreading across provinces and borders, authorities are struggling with shortages, weak contact tracing, and the absence of an approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain

Experts say several crises combine to make the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo difficult to contain.

Experts say several crises combine to make the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo difficult to contain

Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centers in eastern Congo show how authorities are faced with a number of serious complications — including a backlash in local communities — as…

Eastern Congo has seen violence by dozens of separate rebel groups for years, some of them with links to foreign countries or Islamic State.

Officials say a ‘devastating set of emergencies’ are converging

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Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.

As the number of suspected Ebola cases in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo pass 900, health workers say that the chaos left by years of fighting and local government…