4 airports to begin enhanced Ebola screenings
The State Department announced four airports will begin enhanced Ebola screenings for U.S. passengers who visited Congo, South Sudan or Uganda in the last 21 days. Mark Strassmann reports.
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The State Department announced four airports will begin enhanced Ebola screenings for U.S. passengers who visited Congo, South Sudan or Uganda in the last 21 days. Mark Strassmann reports.
In the last few days, three Ebola treatment centers in the Congo have been attacked. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist who spent time in Guinea as an aid worker during the West African Ebola epidemic, joins with the latest on the outbreak.
The WHO chief says there have been 220 suspected deaths in the ongoing Ebola outbreak as Ugandan health authorities report two new Ebola infections.
The three workers, who fell ill in March and died in May, were "among the first known victims of the outbreak," the Red Cross said.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with the missionary group Serge in Congo when he was infected with Ebola.
The U.S. is stepping up efforts to prevent Ebola from entering the country through its airports, with one flight diverted to Canada on Wednesday evening. Ian Lee reports from Detroit.
The U.S. is now refusing entry to any passenger without an American passport who has been to the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in the past three weeks. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist who treated patients during the West African Ebola epidemic, joins to discuss the latest on the outbreak.
The World Health Organization said the Ebola outbreak in the Congo has been circulating for at least two months and will likely continue to grow. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder has more information.
The U.S. has activated an Ebola virus task force to help in Africa, where a deadly outbreak has raised concerns worldwide. CBS News' Dr. Celine Gounder joins with more details and a warning about misinformation.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
Matt Allison, the executive director of the missionary group Serge, joins CBS News with more details on the American doctor who contracted Ebola while working in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
An American doctor working in the Congo amid an Ebola outbreak has tested positive for the virus. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder has the latest.
At least six Americans were exposed to a rare strain of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Celine Gounder explains what to know about the outbreak.
A deadly strain of Ebola virus has sparked concern in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid clashes between rival militia groups.
A New York doctor who contracted and survived Ebola more than a decade ago says he is worried for healthcare workers who are at the center of treating the latest outbreak.
A new Ebola outbreak in a remote province in Congo has caused 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases so far, Africa CDC says.
Doctors are monitoring an Ebola epidemic in Africa that may be to blame for dozens of deaths so far. Lilia Luciano reports and spoke with a U.S. doctor who recovered from the virus.
Africa's top public health body has confirmed a new and deadly Ebola outbreak in a remote Congo province. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder has more.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a new deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo that has claimed the lives of at least 65 people. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder joins with analysis.
Twin mountain gorillas were recently born in the Virunga National Park, renowned for its biodiversity but threatened by conflict.
Mafuko, the mom of the twins, was born in 2003 but her mother was shot dead and she later joined a different family, according to the Virunga National Park.
Authorities and state media in Congo say that two separate boat accidents this week in northwestern Congo killed at least 193 people.
An ISIS-linked terrorist group among the many factions fighting in Eastern Congo has reportedly massacred dozens of people attending a funeral.