WHO declares Ebola emergency in Congo and Uganda (opens in new tab)

The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, citing cross-border transmission, rising case numbers and uncertainty over the outbreak’s true scale. The outbreak is caused by Bundibugyo ebolavirus, a rarer Ebola species for which the sources said there are no licensed vaccines or approved strain-specific treatments. Reported counts differed by agency and date. WHO said that, as of ...