Ebola outbreak in Congo tops 4,000 cases in world's second-largest epidemic

Researchers believe Congo's Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared, with the true scale of infections likely much higher.

Aug 7 - Democratic Republic of Congo's confirmed Ebola cases have risen above 4,000 for the first time in the current outbreak, government data showed.

[CPJ] Kinshasa -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ugandan authorities to ensure the safety of exiled Congolese journalist John Zihindula Bwirabwanda, whose Ugandan home was broken into by armed men who threatened to kill him for posting news on social media.

Merck & Co.’s Ebola vaccine and an antiviral drug from Gilead Sciences Inc. are set for wider use in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to blunt the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control pledged to deploy a vaccine for a previous Ebola strain in the current DRC outbreak, with test cases indicated a potentially live-saving level of protection.

The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to fight it, the head of the WHO said on Wednesday during a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), where some health workers are striking over a lack of pay.Nearly three months into the outbreak, new cases are doubling in som

Ebola outbreak accelerates as healthcare workers strike over pay

DR Congo has recorded nearly 4,000 confirmed cases of Ebola and over 1,800 deaths, as the epidemic resurges. The country is experiencing the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

Dozens Of Health Workers At Epicenter Of Congo's Ebola Outbreak Protest Lack Of Payment  HuffPost

Dozens of health workers at epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak protest lack of payment  Toronto Star

Dozens of health workers working at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are protesting Thursday to demand payment for their wages

Dozens of health workers at epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak protest lack of payment  AP News

This outbreak, caused by the **Bundibugyo virus**, has become the second-largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded and the fastest-spreading in Congo’s history.

Dozens of health workers at epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak protest lack of payment

Federal health officials said six additional states had been affected by the outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce.

Health officials say the current epidemic is spreading five times faster than previous outbreaks did at this stage.

The world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is spreading quicker than efforts to fight it, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday during a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo where some health workers are striking over a lack of pay.

Explainer: Why Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than previous epidemics  Reuters

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported over 20,000 suspected cyclosporiasis cases this week, making this the largest outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite in U.S. history. So far, the CDC has received reports of 10,468 confirmed cases of domestically acquired cyclosporiasis in 47 states. Another 12

The director-general of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reportedly arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday for his second visit to oversee the response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the east of the country.

Moderna has vaccinated the first participants in a trial for a Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine, as the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to battle its fastest-growing outbreak on record.

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo to support measures being ramped up to slow the world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, the agency said Wednesday, as confirmed cases reach nearly 4,000.

DR Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed 1,707 people since May. With no approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, the WHO is accelerating trials as Ituri's cases climb.

New data suggests the death toll of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has topped 1,700, with health officials struggling to track the disease and identify how the outbreak began. As of Tuesday, the virus has killed 1,707 out of a total 3,802 cases, the Associated Press reported — citing a government update. A

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in what has become the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease.

The trial, backed by up to $50 million from CEPI, comes as the Congo outbreak surpasses 3,700 confirmed cases and 1,600 deaths

The first human trial will run at three sites in Canada and aims to enroll about 80 healthy adults

As of Tuesday, 3,802 cases had been recorded, with 1,707 deaths, according to the latest government update.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has quickly grown into the second-largest on record, with cases taking just weeks to reach levels that had taken years in previous outbreaks. There have been at least 3,553 confirmed cases since this outbreak was identified in mid-May, according to data pub

Results may be months away, but efforts are advancing towards enhanced treatment and the world’s first vaccine for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday as deaths and cases rise in the largest ever outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).