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The Barack Obama Presidential Library is set to open in Chicago nearly a decade after the former president left office.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: Ebola cases hit 389 in DR Congo, including 63 deaths
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has raised the number of confirmed Ebola cases to 389, including 63 deaths. DR Congo Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba said Ebola infections had now spread across ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: DRC's Ebola outbreak may have started six months ago, WHO chief says
Militant attacks have hampered efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: Urgent call for an Ebola truce in DR Congo
The current outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in DR Congo and Uganda is not only a biomedical emergency, but a test of whether global health diplomacy can be made operational ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: ‘We are catching up’ – WHO chief on DR Congo’s Ebola fight
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is showing signs of progress – but significant challenges remain ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: How health workers in DR Congo are treating Ebola and staying safe
There are currently no approved drugs that target Bundibugyo - the species of Ebola responsible for this outbreak.
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: Fears as Ebola cases reported in rebel-held area hundred of kilometres from epicentre
Suspected Ebola cases have been reported in a rebel-held area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, local officials confirmed on Thursday, hundreds of kilometres from the ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: 'We’re still behind' in Congo's Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief says
Congo’s Ebola outbreak “had a big head start, and we’re still behind,” the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that the medical community was “catching up” even as militant ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: Health workers race to contain Congo's fast-spreading Ebola outbreak
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 18 (Reuters) - Medical personnel were rushing on Monday to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo whose late detection ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » North Kivu » Health: Congo's Ebola outbreak is spiraling, with health workers struggling to contain the virus
The epicenter of the Ebola outbreak is in Mongbwalu, a poor gold-mining town of 130,000 people, in Ituri province, in eastern Congo.