WHO declares Ebola emergency over Congo-Uganda outbreak (opens in new tab)

The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations, while saying it did not meet pandemic-emergency criteria. WHO's Saturday update placed the initial epicenter in Ituri province in eastern Congo, where authorities reported eight laboratory-confirmed cases, 246 suspected cases and 80 suspected deaths across a...