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The article reports that the World Health Organization declared the latest Ebola epidemic in Uganda over closing the chapter on a deadly outbreak that lasted nearly four months and killed dozens of people.

The article reports on the alleged slow and ineffective response by the government in Uganda in controlling the ebola outbreak, particularly its failure to impose a lockdown as it did during the coronavirus pandemic. Also cited are how the Ugandans' anger, trauma and resentment during the lockdown compelled the government not to impose it again, and the devastation of the outbreak like the deaths of 55 people.

The article discusses an outbreak of the Ebola virus in West African countries such as Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, reporting a missed opportunity to control the outbreak in the early spring of 2014. Topics addressed include the work of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.) Ebola expert Pierre Rollin and the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), as well as an underestimation of the role of cultural and geographic factors in spreading the disease.

The article discusses the death of Liberian professional basketball player Kaizer Dour of the Ebola virus and the impact that Ebola has on family relationships. It states that Ebola is termed a family disease in Liberia and recounts how Ebola spread within the Dour family following Kaizer Dour's contraction of the virus. The article states that Kaizer Dour was infected by his father, Edwin Dour. It also describes the care that Kaizer Dour received from his mother, Mamie Doryen.

The article focuses on the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which resulted in attacks by mourners against leaders and health workers. Topics covered include the impact of attacks on health workers on eradication efforts, the accusation from some local politicians that the national government had imported the disease, and confrontations between police officers and soldiers and grieving families.

The article explores the response by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the Ebola crisis in 2019. The Ministry of Health has introduced a number of measures to prevent the spread of the disease, including disallowing families to hold rituals around deaths and burials of Ebola victims. So far, the county has reported 907 cases and 569 deaths due to Ebola.

The article reports on the difficulty of containing the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the continued clashes between government forces and militia groups. It describes the experience of vaccinologist Kasereka Bernardin and his team of trying to reach a remote village where a woman had succumbed to Ebola. It notes that the people in the Ebola zone are deeply suspicious of outsiders, and they often shun visitors, sometimes threateningly.

The article reports on Ebola outbreak that occurred in Guinea was started by one who survived West-Africa's epidemic and mentions virus samples were taken from patients in covid-19 pandemic based on genetic sequencing.

The article focuses on a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) that a five-year-old Congolese boy who traveled with his family to Uganda has been diagnosed with Ebola virus disease.

The article reports on the death of over one thousand people due to Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo as of May 2019, noting the efforts of health workers to contain the virus.

The article reports that the epidemic of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo which started in August 2018 might continue in 2019, according to director Robert R. Redfield of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.).

The article reports that protesters attacked an Ebola triage center in the Democratic Republic of Congo and set fire to sections of the center in December 2018.

The article discusses the clothing designs of fashion designer Archel Bernard and her efforts to assist survivors of the Ebola virus in Liberia via her Monrovia, Liberia, fashion boutique known as Mango Rags.

The article discusses the social conditions of the nearly 30 young men in Liberia who were responsible for cremating the bodies of the individuals who died from Ebola, and it mentions how the various cremation workers (Ebola burners) such as Liberian resident Sherdrick Koffa have been shunned by the local communities. It states that villagers in Marshall, Liberia protested the actions of the Ebola burners. Liberia's funeral and burial practices and traditions are examined.

The article discusses the ebola virus disease in the rural Tana village, Guinea, including in regard to the policy of quarantines, Ebola disease victims and the non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders' treating of ebola patients.

The article focuses on a report of the World Health Organization (WHO) which reveals that Ebola outbreak in Congo is likely to spread in Uganda, and mentions views of Peter Salama, WHO head of emergency response, on the same.

The article reports on the reducing number of new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018.

The article focuses on the end of the outbreak of the disease Ebola which had started in the region of Democratic Republic of Congo.

The article reports that an outbreak of the Ebola virus in rural Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to the provincial capital Mbandaka, which moderately increases the risk of the virus spreading to neighboring states.

The article reports on the reemergence of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018, but an Ebola vaccine is ready for deployment for the first since it was proved effective in 2016.

The article looks at the state of churches in Liberia following the end of the country's Ebola outbreak. It is suggested that fear and doubt caused by the disease, as well as the role of churches in its spread, have caused a crisis of faith in Liberia. Details on attempts by church members to heal Ebola patients are presented. Particular focus is given to Pentecostal churches, which often denied the reality of the disease.

The article discusses physician Ian Crozier's experience of "post-Ebola syndrome" after recovering from an Ebola infection he contracted in West Africa, noting that Crozier has experience eye pain, a change of eye color, and fading sight as the Ebola infection has stayed in his eye following treatment. Topics addressed include the possibility of similar problems in survivors from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, as well as the discovery and treatment of Crozier's eye problems.

The article discusses the prevalence of fear and mistrust regarding doctors' efforts to conduct trials on Ebola vaccines in West African countries such as Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. Topics addressed include Liberians' distrust of the Liberian government and American involvement in public health, as well as ethical considerations regarding efforts to attract volunteers for the trials.

The article discusses the return to school for children in Liberia following an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the country, noting the impact of fear of the virus on attitudes towards school. Topics addressed include the detrimental long-term impact of Ebola on Liberia's economy and health-care system; as well as Liberia's efforts to expand access to public schools; and the first day of school at C.D.B. King Elementary School in Monrovia, Liberia.

The article examines the surfing culture at Bureh Beach in Sierra Leone, contrasting it with the country's continued struggle with the Ebola epidemic. Particular attention is given to the Bureh Beach Surf Club, a cooperative club founded by fishermen in 2012 designed to improve Sierra Leone's ecotourism.

The article discusses disagreement between doctors treating patients of an Ebola outbreak in West African countries such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, And Guinea, over whether Ebola patients should be given intravenous (IV) hydration treatments. Topics addressed include the Doctors Without Borders (M.S.F.) aid organizations' policy on using IV rehydration treatments, as well as well as the World Health Organization's (W.H.O.'s) advocacy for IV treatments.

The article discusses children who have been orphaned by an outbreak of the Ebola virus in West African countries such as Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, highlighting the experience of a 4-year-old girl named Sweetie Sweetie. Topics addressed include concerns about whether the orphans are stigmatized as contagious, as well as social services efforts to find people who will adopt the children.

The article profiles American physician Ian Crozier, focusing on his experience of recovering from the Ebola virus after contracting the virus while treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone. Topics addressed include Crozier's treatment at a special isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia; his experiences of working at clinics in Sierra Leone; and potential long-term brain damage suffered by Crozier.

The article discusses coordination and planning issues amongst aid groups and government officials working to address an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone. Topics addressed include Sierra Leone's criticisms of Great Britain's aid efforts in the country, the possibility that the U.S. could become involved in aid efforts in Sierra Leone, and concerns that the Kerry Town Ebola clinic does not have enough trained personnel to treat the patients that it could potentially admit.

The article discusses the work of researchers at the Broad Institute, which focuses on sequencing genomes in an effort to research the epidemiology of viruses such as Ebola and Lassa. Topics addressed include researcher Pardis Sabeti's oversight of the Broad Institute's group working on Ebola and Lassa, as well as research on an Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The article discusses Guinean president Alpha Condé's response to an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Guinea, noting that Condé has aggressively sought to fight the epidemic after initially downplaying it to avoid worrying investors. Topics addressed include Condé's oversight of the minute details of Guinea's Ebola response; Condé's views towards international health organizations; and his communications with Sakoba Keita, who is in charge of coordinating Guinea's Ebola response.

The article discusses obstacles facing recovery from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, noting difficulties in Sierra Leone despite an influx of international aid aimed at improving the Ebola response. Topics addressed include a lack of aid and supplies reaching Ebola patients in Kissi Town, Sierra Leone; a lack of available hospital beds for Ebola patients; and the significance of burial rituals in Sierra Leone.

The article discusses obstacles facing efforts to treat an Ebola virus outbreak in Liberia, highlighting disagreements between Liberian officials and international donors and health agencies. Topics addressed include meetings between Liberian health officials and international organizations and donors, the views of Liberian deputy health minister Tolbert Nyenswah, and the United Nations' (U.N.'s) involvement in Liberia. INSET: Virus¿s Economic Cost Re-Examined.

The article reports on the death of Dr. Martin Salia, a resident of Nebraska who went to Siera Leone as volunteer doctor to help treat Ebola virus patients, at Nebraska Medical Center due to Ebola virus. It states that Salia arrived at the hospital at very critical condition on November 15, 2014. Moreover, it cites that Salia died on November 17, 2014.

Topics addressed include villages in Guinea's Forest Region that initially resisted outside help in preventing the Ebola Virus but have since reached out for medical treatment amidst fears of Ebola's spread in the region. Topics addressed include problems caused by the villages' initial resistance to seeking outside treatment for their sick, the villages' history of distrust of government and outside organizations, and increasing deaths in the villages.

The article discusses the treatment and results of Ebola patients in Liberia, particularly Liberian boys Junior Samuel, Rancy Willie, and Williams Beyan. According to the article, doctors in facilities such as the U.S. charity the International Medical Corps were perplexed by the outcomes of Ebola patients. The article references a study in the journal "Emerging Infections Diseases" and the possibilities and dangers of various treatments.

The article looks at the health risks and safety concerns facing medical care workers who travel to locations marked by conflicts and disasters in order to treat others. Particular attention is given to the Ebola epidemic in West African countries including Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as well as violence and terrorism in Syria. Details are also provided on the work of physicians with the organization Serving in Mission (SIM) such as Americans Nancy Writebol and Rick Sacra in Africa.

The article discusses United States public health response to cases of the Ebola virus within the U.S., noting the success in treating U.S. patients and highlighting differences between medical staff levels in the U.S. and West Africa. Topics addressed include the importance of rehydration treatments to treat fluid loss in Ebola patients, as well as shortages of supplies in West African field hospitals.

The article focuses on the increase in the number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo emphasizing on the plans of the World Health Organization (WHO), the symptoms of the disease, and includes a comment from Daniel Bausch, an Ebola expert at WHO.

The article discusses the impact of an Ebola virus outbreak in Liberia on perceptions of Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Topics addressed economic gains under Johnson Sirleaf's leadership that have been halted by the Ebola outbreak, international and domestic criticisms of Johnson Sirleaf, and political corruption and rivalries within Liberia.

The article discusses the possibility that U.S. president Barack Obama could replace members of his foreign policy staff amidst criticisms of his administration's handling of issues such as the Ebola virus and the rise of the Islamic State extremist organization. Topics addressed include the roles of White House chief of staff Denis R. McDonough and national security adviser Susan E. Rice within Obama's administration, as well as the administration's relationship with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

The article notes that there are fewer people being treated for the Ebola virus in Liberian hospitals and field hospitals than had been anticipated. Topics addressed include health workers' lack of explanation for the fewer-than-expected number of cases, as well as concerns that the outbreak could become more severe again and that many victims of Ebola are not being monitored in rural Liberia.

The article provides information on a set of guidelines released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama regarding the medical treatment of people in contact with Ebola patients. Criticism from New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Christ Christie is covered, noting that both support stricter policies concerning quarantine.

The article discusses a lack of legal precedent for New York's and New Jersey's policies of requiring mandatory quarantines for health workers returning from working with Ebola patients in West Africa. Topics addressed include nurse Kaci Hickox's criticisms of her quarantine, lawyers' concerns about the extreme nature of the quarantine policies, and federal government responses to Ebola.