A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma—which has been seized by the ...

A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma -- which has been seized by the M23 armed group -- is safe, WHO said Friday. The Rwanda-backed M23 and ...

The escalating violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has affected testing for the infectious mpox virus disease, which has afflicted thousands in the country and the wider ...

Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...

U.S. health officials on Wednesday urged Americans traveling to Uganda to take precautions because of an Ebola outbreak ... outbreaks — Tanzania and Congo. U.S. health officials on Wednesday ...

Ebola was first detected in the mid-1970s in simultaneous outbreaks in South Sudan and the Congo. Since then, the deadly disease has been behind dozens of outbreaks in the region and killed thousands.

Is the Sudan virus deadlier than Ebola? A key discovery explains how it clings to human cells. The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a 50% fatality rate, but its mechanisms of cell ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety ...

Talks are under way among leaders of African countries to end fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in which thousands of people have been killed, thousands forced to leave their ...

This is the fastest an Ebola outbreak has ever been identified, proving that the 7-1-7 target is possible when the right tools are in place. Genetic sequencing revealed that the virus in this ...