Ebola

First person gets new experimental vaccine for Bundibugyo species of Ebola

Prof Teresa Lamb, who led the Ebola vaccine team at the University of Oxford, said they had been able to…

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UK humanitarian worker monitored for Ebola in London hospital

A humanitarian worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been medically evacuated to the UK after a potential healthcare‑related…

4 days ago

WHO warns DR Congo Ebola outbreak is outpacing response as Uganda reaches milestone

Addressing reporters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the two month-old outbreak has continued to expand despite major…

1 week ago

‘This is a fire’: DRC Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing ever, warns WHO

Why this mattersThird-largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded.Most new infections come from unknown transmission chains.Virus has spread beyond the original outbreak…

2 weeks ago

UK starts first vaccine trial, eight weeks into Ebola emergency

The Oxford Covid vaccine was estimated to have saved six million lives in the first year it was used around…

2 weeks ago

Ebola continues to spread in DRC as death toll passes 500, WHO warns

The outbreak’s “true scale has not yet been fully established,” said Dr. Anne Ancia, WHO’s representative to the DRC.“We would like to say…

3 weeks ago

A safe return home: Tackling stigma on Uganda’s Ebola frontline

According to the latest figures, more than 1,400 confirmed cases of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease, including 350 deaths, have been…

3 weeks ago

Lives at risk in DR Congo as Ebola outbreak continues to outpace response

At a media briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than a month into the outbreak, frontline responders have…

1 month ago

Ebola in DR Congo: first month of outbreak sees record number of cases – UN humanitarians

Dr Abdirahman Mahamud, Director, Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations at the World Health Organization (WHO), who returned last week from one…

1 month ago

Ebola in DR Congo: One month on, scaled up response remains insufficient

The DRC now has more than 780 confirmed cases and 180 deaths, while Uganda has recorded 19 confirmed cases, including…

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