Deadly Ebola virus could be mutating after thousands of cases

Health officials are planning to scale up efforts to fight disease with a high mortality rate.

THE strain behind the deadly Ebola outbreak rapidly spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo is feared to be mutating. More than 4,000 infections have been confirmed by officials, along with 1,850 deaths - in what's been described as the fastest spreading outbreak of the disease on record. Experts believe infe

Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalation The virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as confirmed cases pass 4,000. Africa’s public health watchdog said the time

A cat rescue in B.C.’s Lower Mainland is sounding the alarm about an apparent increase in cases of feline panleukopenia, a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus.

There have been nearly 4,000 confirmed cases since the outbreak was declared in mid-May