WHO declares Ebola emergency over Bundibugyo outbreak (opens in new tab)

The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, May 17, after cases grew in eastern Congo and crossed into Uganda. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that 51 cases had been confirmed in Congo’s Ituri and North Kivu provinces, Uganda had reported two confirmed cases in Kampala including one death, and health authorities were tracking almost 6...