Ebola outbreak: When will a vaccine be developed for the new strain?
The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 50 percent and no approved vaccine as yet.
Hard hats, AI and a fake pandemic: the group of former world leaders practising to save the world
A group of the Elders at a WHO base in Nairobi: from left: Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege; former Liberian president…
The numbers behind global mental health and its different disorders
Nearly one in eight people in the world lives with a mental disorder, and one person dies by suicide every…
Fear grips eastern DR Congo amid deadly Ebola outbreak
From Bukavu to Kinshasa, concern is spreading among residents and street vendors as Ebola cases rise.
US authorities say missionary who contracted Ebola en route to Germany
World Health Organization says death toll from outbreak has risen to 134, as experts warn of continued challenges.
DRC prepares Ebola treatment centres as death toll rises
Health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are restoring Ebola treatment centres.
As WHO sounds alarm over Ebola in DRC, what can be learned from previous outbreaks?
Analysis As WHO sounds alarm over Ebola in DRC, what can be learned from previous outbreaks? Peter Beaumont Senior international…
WHO official warns Ebola outbreak unlikely to be over in two months as cases and deaths rise in DRC
World Health Organization workers mobilising 4.7 tonnes of medical supplies and emergency kits to support the areas affected by the…
WHO responding to ‘complex, difficult’ Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
The World Health Organization is getting health experts and supplies to DR Congo to battle the Ebola outbreak.
Ebola, hantavirus: Is the world prepared for the next pandemic?
Funding cuts in health research, and the antivaccine movement make it challenging to respond to viruses.