WHO warns Ebola outbreak spreads after 131 deaths (opens in new tab)

The World Health Organization warned that an Ebola outbreak driven by the Bundibugyo strain is expanding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where health authorities reported about 131 suspected deaths and more than 500 suspected cases; some reports citing Congolese authorities put the suspected death toll at 134. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed alarm at the outbreak’s rapid growth, and the agency declared a public health emergency of international concern for t...