Articles filed under Ebola
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Uganda confirms at least 1 case of Ebola hemorrhagic feverSep 20, 2022 9:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan health authorities on Tuesday reported that a man who died a day earlier had tested positive for the virus that causes Ebola. They said i...
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Congo reports new Ebola case linked to previous outbreakAug 22, 2022 10:00 pm - BENI, Congo (AP) - A new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in Congo's eastern Beni city, Congo's ministry of health announced Monday, saying it is linked to a p...
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Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in the eastDec 16, 2021 9:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Congolese officials on Thursday announced an end to an Ebola outbreak that had killed at least six people since October in the latest health challenge...
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UN starts vaccinating people against Ebola in CongoOct 13, 2021 11:30 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization said Wednesday that officials have begun vaccinating people in eastern Congo against Ebola, after it was confirmed last week ...
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WHO says new test shows Ivory Coast did not have Ebola caseSep 01, 2021 7:30 am - ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - New tests show that Ivory Coast did not have its first case of Ebola in more than 25 years after all, the World Health Organization said, rev...
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Ebola case reported in Ivory Coast after Guinea outbreakAug 15, 2021 9:30 am - ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - A patient has tested positive for Ebola in Abidjan, a city of more than 4 million people, marking the first case of the disease in Ivory Coas...
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Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak that killed 12Jun 19, 2021 8:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Guinea has declared an end to an Ebola outbreak that emerged in February and killed 12 people, according to the World Health Organization. The la...
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Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in nation's eastMay 03, 2021 12:00 pm - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo has declared an end to the latest Ebola outbreak that killed six people in its east. Congo's Minister of Public Health, Dr. Jean-Jacques Mb...
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Man's Ebola relapse spawned dozens of new cases in AfricaMar 31, 2021 4:30 pm - A man in Africa who developed Ebola despite receiving a vaccine recovered but suffered a relapse nearly six months later that led to 91 new cases before he died. The rep...
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UN says Ebola in Guinea may be linked to 2014 outbreakMar 12, 2021 12:00 pm - GENEVA (AP) - A top official at the World Health Organization said that a genetic analysis of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Guinea suggests it may have been sparked by a...