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

Ebola, which is behind the latest outbreak of the disease, which has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the past half-century. Kamba cautioned that the current death toll

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

current outbreak? The number of Ebola cases has been growing – and growing by a lot — each day since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than

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

current outbreak, a border health officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo checks a traveler's temperature using a contactless infrared thermometer on May 18. **Badru Katumba/AFP/via Getty Images

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

toll was raised to 80 on Saturday. According to Kamba, the suspected patient zero was a nurse who reported to a health facility in the provincial capital, Bunia, on April 24, with symptoms suggesting Ebola

Ebola outbreak: When will a vaccine be developed for the new strain?

toll from the latest strain of the Ebola outbreak has risen to an estimated 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba told the media on Tuesday. Over the past 24 hours

More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring

Ebola are making headlines. But another deadly outbreak is unfolding that's barely registered on the global scene. "We've been crying out loud about this from the beginning, but it has been a silent