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Flights to Kenya appear to be carrying medical equipment for a controversial planned facility to contain the Ebola outbreak in Africa. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.
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Flights to Kenya appear to be carrying medical equipment for a controversial planned facility to contain the Ebola outbreak in Africa. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.
CBS News' Ramy Inocencio spoke to Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, about the response to a deadly Ebola outbreak in Africa, expressing concern about the current measures.
The U.S. is facing accusations of helping to make the Ebola outbreak in central Africa possible because of cutbacks in health funding to the region by the Trump administration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rejected that charge. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Protesters clashed in Kenya over a U.S. plan to install a facility there to contain the Ebola outbreak. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.
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 International Rescue Committee says the current Ebola outbreak in central Africa may have been spreading undetected as early as January. Meanwhile, there are protests over U.S. plans to treat affected Americans in Kenya. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Confirmed Ebola cases continue to rise in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the World Health Organization confirms five infected patients have recovered. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist who spent time in Guinea as an Ebola aid worker during the West African epidemic, joins to discuss.
Jose Yugar-Cruz, who had been granted protection from deportation to his home country in South America, has been temporarily released from ICE custody.
The health organization said latest official figures showed 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths.
World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Congo as health officials continue to battle a severe Ebola outbreak and misinformation.
The World Health Organization said there are approximately 906 suspected Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and they are investigating 223 suspected deaths. Dr. Tom Frieden, president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, joins CBS News to discuss.
U.S. government plans to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola on an air base in Kenya have been temporarily halted by a court order.
Infectious disease specialists say the viruses are unlikely to become pandemics, but some are still raising concerns about the federal health response.
The U.S. is in the process of setting up a quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans who were exposed to Ebola or infected with the deadly illness.
The Trump administration confirms it is working to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans who were exposed to or infected with the deadly illness. 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 virus epidemic, joins to discuss.
The Trump administration is building a facility to contain Americans who contracted Ebola in Kenya and avoid spread in the U.S. CBS News' Dr. Celine Gounder has more.
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.
Uganda on Wednesday ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare type of Ebola are surging.
The Trump administration announced plans to set up an Ebola quarantine and treatment center in Kenya for Americans exposed to the deadly virus overseas. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now saying no Ebola patients will be allowed into the U.S. Mark Strassmann reports.
The World Health Organization warned that the spread of the Ebola outbreak is outpacing efforts to contain it. "The Daily Report" examines past outbreaks and containment efforts. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder has more on the current outbreak.
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.
At least 220 people are suspected to have died from the Ebola outbreak in central Africa. On Tuesday, the head of the World Health Organization is expected to travel to the region. Dr. Celine Gounder breaks down the response to the outbreak, the effectiveness of travel restrictions and more.
The WHO chief says there have been 220 suspected deaths in the ongoing Ebola outbreak as Ugandan health authorities report two new Ebola infections.
Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus.
Dr. Deborah Birx, who helped coordinate the international response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "there's a deep bench" at the CDC, FDA to facilitate an Ebola response despite that neither agency has a confirmed agency head.