Ebola virus

Patient held in isolation in Soroka Hospital tests negative for Ebola after returning from DRC

The Health Ministry emphasized that currently there have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in Israel.

AUGUST 16, 2026|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 30, 2026.

Israeli isolated in hospital while being tested for suspected Ebola symptoms after visiting DRC

A man who returned to Israel from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been placed in isolation at Soroka Medical Center while being tested for Ebola after reporting a fever.

AUGUST 11, 2026|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN

Red Cross workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise, who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Ebola outbreak in Congo tops 4,000 cases in world's second-largest epidemic

Researchers believe Congo's Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared, with the true scale of infections likely much higher.

AUGUST 7, 2026|ByREUTERS

Erica Schwartz attends her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as new CDC director by US Senate

Schwartz is a board-certified preventive medicine physician who served as the US Coast Guard's chief medical officer from 2015 to 2019 and holds both medical and law degrees.

AUGUST 5, 2026|ByREUTERS

Joe Biden to appoint Ron Klain as chief of staff

Klain served as Chief of Staff for two vice presidents: Joe Biden and Al Gore, before being appointed as Ebola Response Coordinator for Obama administrations.

NOVEMBER 12, 2020ByOMRI NAHMIAS

US Vice President Joe Biden (R) is joined by Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain (L) in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, US November 13, 2014.

2020 is the year of COVID-19 – but what other health crises did it bring?

The WHO counts over 60 separate health emergencies this year, all overshadowed by the novel coronavirus.

NOVEMBER 9, 2020ByZACHARY KEYSER

New study of Ebola may hold answers for long-term COVID-19 immunity

The study, carried out in a joint effort by British and Guinean scientists, is the world's largest and most comprehensive one to date to examine survivors of the Ebola virus.

OCTOBER 22, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL

Nano-vaccine mechanism of action: following injection, the nano-vaccine internalizes into immune cells leading to activation of T cells to recognize and attack melanoma.

Ebola outbreak in western DR of the Congo reaches 100 cases - WHO

"The virus is spreading across a wide and rugged terrain which requires costly interventions."

AUGUST 21, 2020ByREUTERS

Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a woman who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018

More people infected with Ebola in new Congo outbreak, WHO says

An epidemic of the virus on the other side of the country has killed more than 2,200 people since 2018.

JUNE 4, 2020ByREUTERS

Ebola patient hiding in Congo area controlled by militia groups

On April 17, a 28-year-old motorbike taxi-driver who had tested positive for Ebola ran away from the centre where he was being treated in the town of Beni.

APRIL 28, 2020ByREUTERS

Ebola patient dies in Congo, first case in 50 days

Ebola causes fever, bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea and spreads among humans through bodily fluids. The current outbreak has killed about two thirds of those it infected.

APRIL 11, 2020ByREUTERS