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

World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency ![Ambulances are parked

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

World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than

French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11

World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gives a press conference at the Moncloa Palace

Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 on cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, WHO says

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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated

World Health Organization (WHO) has also confirmed a man who had travelled back to Switzerland

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

World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on May 17, 2026 over an outbreak

Cruise ship waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak

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In his book, self-described USAID 'whistleblower' talks about the agency and Ebola

World Health Organization, and our political leadership wouldn't even let us talk to the World

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organizations, like the [American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists](https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-bulletin/articles/2020/10/medication-abortion-up-to-70-days-of-gestation) and the [World Health

Last passengers from hantavirus-hit ship evacuated; American tests positive

World Health Organization believes the first infection occurred before the start of the voyage, followed

Two Britons self-isolating in UK after being on hantavirus cruise ship

World Health Organization says the risk to the wider public is low and the virus

US-bound plane diverts to Canada after person from Ebola-hit region boards 'in error'

World Health Organization. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the risk to the US was relatively

MAHA moms test their influence in US glyphosate fight

World Health Organization, and Human Rights Watch has recommended a complete ban. The executive order

DR Congo seek World Cup ticket refunds after Ebola outbreak

World Health Organization has declared May's Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international

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

World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an [international health emergency](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/17/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-a-global-health-emergency), were [91 people dead

A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people

World Health Organization](https://www.afro.who.int/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/democratic-republic-congo-confirms-new-ebola-outbreak-who-scales-upsupport). Ebola is transmitted through blood and other bodily fluid

COVID is shaping Americans' reaction to Ebola and hantavirus

World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on May 17, 2026 over an outbreak

I tried the UK's 'saltiest' sandwich - here's what I learned

World Health Organization's 5g cap. So, it's clearly not the healthiest choice. But succumbing

Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

World Health Organization considers the risk to the wider public from the outbreak as low. Hantavirus

Cruise ship hantavirus strain can spread among humans, says South Africa

World Health Organization](https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization) has stressed that the risk to the broader public