From late 2013 to early 2016, the disease claimed more than 11,000 lives and infected over 28,000 people (see Chart 1). Ebola also caused an economic crisis, triggered by massive health and social ...

On Tuesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Thomas Frieden warned that the West African Ebola outbreak is "spiraling out of control." The latest Ebola graphic from Reuters ...

The head of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program said Saturday that six people who were in contact with Uganda’s latest Ebola case have become ill, though it’s not yet ...

A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday. The 32-year-old male ...

Ugandan officials confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the east African country's capital, Kampala, last week. One nurse died on Jan. 29, and Ugandan authorities have confirmed two other Ebola cases as ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday.