Why the Ebola outbreak in DRC is so difficult to contain The WHO’s top emergency responder explains why the outbreak is now the second largest in history.

Two new treatments against Ebola are proving so effective they are now being offered to all patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the current Ebola outbreak is the second-deadliest ...

A fresh round of deadly violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province – the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak – has left at least 12 people dead and continues to hamper ...

The Ebola virus has killed almost 1,700 people since the DRC outbreak began a year ago. Another case was just confirmed in Goma.

It’s the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history, with 414 deaths so far, and the first Ebola outbreak in an active war zone, DRC’s eastern North Kivu and Ituri provinces.

The World Health Organization has confirmed one case of Ebola in the country and is investigating whether others who are exhibiting symptoms may also have the virus.

Measles is killing more people in the DRC than Ebola—and faster "Frankly, I am embarrassed to talk only about Ebola," WHO director-general says.

In recent days the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), though only occasionally meriting headlines in American newspapers, achieved a new milestone: The death toll has ...

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new Ebola outbreak on Friday, after a case was confirmed in the city of Mbandaka, in the northwestern Equateur Province, the ...

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has plagued Democratic Republic of Congo for nearly a year and a half, with more than 3,000 people getting sick and 2,000 dead. Major medical advances in ...

Many in the public health community believe Ebola in the DRC is a global threat and were taken aback by the WHO declining to declare the emergency.

Although Ebola poses a greater threat than measles in wealthy countries, within the DRC measles is causing more illness and death—but has generated a smaller international response.