WHO massively scales back number of suspected Ebola cases in Congo
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Watch CBS News
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda to be a global health emergency.
A team led by the University of Chicago said it has discovered a new species of dinosaur — a fish-eating giant, and the first new species of its kind discovered in a century.
The color, vibrancy and texture of Africa is on display at the Chicago Field Museum in the exhibit "Africa Fashion."
Some of the humanitarian aid USAID provided went to the African nation of Sudan. For nearly two years now, its people have been caught in the middle of a civil war between two warlords.
In March 2014, the flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew perished when the aircraft vanished without a trace. Since then, only a few confirmed jet pieces have washed ashore in Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean.
The CDC announced the person diagnosed with the disease recently traveled to eastern Africa. The patient has undergone treatment and is isolating at home.
Health officials are warning the potentially deadly virus could spread internationally, but right now the risk in the u-s is very low. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and a rash.
After a new cabinet was being sworn in, it is the latest in the deadly turmoil that gripped the East African nation over the summer. Protests in Kenya first erupted in June.
Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived.
Scientists monitoring 51 chimpanzees saw sick or injured animals eating certain plant items that were not part of their normal diet.
A Chicago area nonprofit focused on health is also spreading holiday cheer to children overseas. Visit
A Libyan official who visited Derna said "25% of the city has disappeared," and he expects the final toll to be "really, really big."
