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The fight against Ebola: New treatment passes clinical trial
Scientists are now a step closer to treating and preventing the deadly Ebola disease as two new drugs have passed the clinical trial phase.
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Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
Two experimental drugs - Regeneron’s REGN-EB3 and a monoclonal antibody called mAb114 - were both developed using antibodies harvested from survivors of Ebola infection.
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WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
Goma, a lakeside city of nearly 2 million people on the Rwandan border, has been on high alert over the past week after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people before dying himself.
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1,800 dead as malaria 'epidemic' rages in Burundi - UN
Of those cases, a total of 1,801 died from the mosquito-born disease in Burundi between 1 January and 21 July, OCHA said.
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Uganda starts Ebola vaccination trial
The vaccination was deemed unsuitable in neighbouring Congo because there was no way of ensuring patients would pitch up two months later for the second dose.
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Border friction in DR Congo on anniversary of Ebola outbreak
More than 1,800 lives have been lost in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since Ebola broke out on 1 August, 2018.
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The life cycle of the Ebola virus
A fact file on how the Ebola virus attacks.
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Rwanda shuts border with Ebola-hit DRC: Congolese presidency
In a statement, it said there had been a 'unilateral decision by the Rwandan authorities' that affected citizens from both countries who had to cross the border for their work.
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Third Ebola case detected in DR Congo's Goma: medical source
The latest diagnosis is just the latest sign that the outbreak is sharply widening, and came just hours after the announcement that the second patient had died overnight Tuesday.
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New Ebola case diagnosed in DR Congo's Goma: health official
Health officials said the latest case involves a man from a northeastern rural community, who arrived in Goma on 13 July and was later diagnosed.
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WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola
The World Bank announced Wednesday it would deploy a further $300 million in addition to $100 million already provided after Ebola erupted in August 2018.
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Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn
The World Health Organization recommended the two-dose shot to complement a vaccine by US drugmaker Merck, which has proved highly protective but is in relatively short supply.
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World Bank readies $300m to cover half of new Ebola response
It said the funding would meet about half the needs of a new Ebola response plan that is due to be agreed by the Congolese government and an international consortium next week.
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Congo health min resigns in protest over government handling of Ebola response
In a resignation letter posted on his Twitter account, Ilunga decried 'interference in the management of the response' to the outbreak, which is the second deadliest in history.
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MSF urges DRC Ebola 'reality check', more vaccinations
Joanne Liu, the international president of the medical charity known by its French acronym MSF, told AFP that health officials needed a "reality check" in their response to the outbreak.
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Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda -WHO
The woman was one of almost 1,700 victims of the current 11- month outbreak of the highly contagious disease, which the WHO upgraded to an international health emergency on Wednesday and which has so far been effectively confined to the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
Despite a highly effective vaccine and a swift international response after it was declared 11 months ago, the outbreak has proved tenacious, becoming Congo’s worst ever.
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Pastor confirmed with Ebola as disease spreads in DR Congo
The patient is a pastor who had been preaching in church and would have touched the hands of worshippers "including the sick", the ministry said in a statement.
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No further Ebola cases in Uganda after June deaths - DR Congo
In an update on the epidemic in eastern DRC, the health ministry said its Ugandan counterparts had confirmed there had been no further infections.
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Kenya reassures public after Ebola false alarm
Kenyan Health Minister Sicily Kariuki said a 36-year-old woman in the western county of Kericho had fallen ill with headache, fever and vomiting, which can also be symptoms of Ebola.
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WHO likely to declare Ebola an international emergency -experts
Such a decision would lead to boosting public health measures, funding and resources, and could include recommendations on trade and travel, academic experts and aid groups said.
