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WHO to hold emergency committee meeting as Ebola death toll rises to 131

current death toll was an estimate and further research was needed to confirm whether all 131 suspected deaths were indeed caused by Ebola. ![A port health officer sanitizes the hands of a motorbike rider

This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began -- and the U.S. response

DRC city of Goma, which is controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5620x3747+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F23%2F1fc0eb494899b1b2b7027daaa4b4%2Febola-2276381440.jpg) To keep Ebola from spreading in this current outbreak, a border health officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda

DRC health minister warns ‘very high’ Ebola lethality rate as toll hits 80

DRC’s Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said on Saturday. “This strain has a very high lethality rate, which can reach 50 percent.” The outbreak, the country’s seventeenth, was confirmed on Friday