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Ebola, hantavirus: Is the world prepared for the next pandemic?

Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “public health emergency of international concern”, setting off alarm bells around the world. The WHO’s announcement on Sunday came

Why the lessons of the DRC’s last Ebola outbreak are being tested again

Congo’s northern Kivu province, was the setting for the largest Ebola outbreak the country had seen. The complexities of the crisis were not confined to the ravages of the virus itself – they were [intensified

How contagious is Ebola? And how worried should you be about the current outbreak?

Congo has detected the most outbreaks. This is its 17th since 1976. Exactly how humans pick up the virus remains a question mark. "We don't know for sure where it comes from

WHO head ‘deeply concerned’ by Ebola outbreak as cases and deaths surge in DRC

Congo. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been at least 500 suspected cases of Ebola and 130 suspected deaths in DRC since the new outbreak began. Thirty cases had been confirmed

A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people

Congo (DRC) are concerned about an Ebola outbreak in the country's Ituri province. There are already hundreds of suspected cases, including one that crossed the border into Uganda. The latest strain of the virus

World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency

Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. However WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in [a statement](https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern) it "does not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency