U.S. citizen working in Congo tests positive for Ebola, CDC says
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak recorded on the continent.
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak recorded on the continent.
The Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Congo is worsening as health officials continue to battle minimal staffing and resources, as well as misinformation. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has more.
As the Ebola crisis worsens, health officials continue to battle misinformation about the virus.
The Ebola outbreak in Africa continues to concern global health leaders as cases rise. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports from Uganda.
Efforts to stop Central Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak face widespread mistrust and porous borders in a war zone.
Uganda's porous and lengthy border with the Democratic Republic of Congo has been a hurdle in protecting public health during the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa, health officials say. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports.
A WHO official tells CBS News Ebola is still spreading in Congo after a month, as experts race to contain the outbreak in Central Africa.
The total number of confirmed Ebola cases in central Africa has increased to more than 800, which is about 300 more than last week. Ramy Inocencio reports on the surge of cases and looks at how one country is trying to stop the spread.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The WHO chief says there have been 220 suspected deaths in the ongoing Ebola outbreak as Ugandan health authorities report two new Ebola infections.
Three people died and four others were injured after their vehicle collided with an elephant in Murchison Falls National Park, police said on Monday.
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.
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."
The State Department on Tuesday strongly urged Americans to avoid travel to Congo, Uganda and South Sudan because of the Ebola outbreak there. More than 130 people have already died. Mark Strassmann has more.
An Ebola virus outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed dozens of lives, according to officials, as concerns grow about the strain spreading. Admire Nyathi, a coordinator for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, joins CBS News with more.
Mayor-elect Mamdani's win in New York is cheered by his London counterpart and a former mentor in Uganda, but draws a warning from Israel's U.S. ambassador.
At least 63 people were killed in an accident involving two buses that hit head-on and two other vehicles on a highway in western Uganda, police say.
A new study on chimpanzees in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire supports a theory that humans may have inherited a taste for alcohol from primate ancestors.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was released from criminal custody in Tennessee last Friday pending his trial on federal charges, could be deported to Uganda by the Trump administration, according to a notice by the Department of Homeland Security. CBS News' political contributors Joel Payne and Leslie Sanchez break it down.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year. He was released from pre-trial detention on Friday, and a senior Department of Homeland Security official said he could be deported to Uganda. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the details.