Even as it struggles to contain the second outbreak of Ebola this year, the Democratic Republic of Congo raised its death toll from the Ebola virus to 42 on Wednesday.
Ebola Virus Disease | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Cause Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment
Ebola is caused by a virus via direct contact with body fluids or infected blood. Scientists have identified five types of Ebola or Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
Ebola is caused by a virus via direct contact with body fluids or infected blood. Scientists have identified five types of Ebola or Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
According to the World Health Organization and the authorities in Kinshasa, the outbreak is not related to the worst ever epidemic of the virus which has killed more than 3,000 people in west Africa this year.
A month ago, the government said 32 people had been killed in the outbreak, the seventh Ebola outbreak since the disease was first identified in the former Zaire in 1976.
UN Worker may Have Succumbed to Ebola in Liberia
The first suspected victim among employees of the United Nations mission in Africa may have died due to the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaging Liberia.
The first suspected victim among employees of the United Nations mission in Africa may have died due to the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaging Liberia.
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US Hospital Failed to Pay Attention to Africa Travel in Ebola Case
It has emerged that the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States initially told a nurse he had traveled in Africa but was sent home anyway.
It has emerged that the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States initially told a nurse he had traveled in Africa but was sent home anyway.
Failure to Spot US Ebola Patient Questioned
US doctors who failed to immediately identify a patient who sought care for symptoms of Ebola are being questioned.
US doctors who failed to immediately identify a patient who sought care for symptoms of Ebola are being questioned.
