Ebola Crisis

The World Health Organization says the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency .

By Associated Press

Associated Press
Too many in Congo's Ebola outbreak are dying at home
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON
BENI, Congo (AP) — Two-month-old Lahya Kathembo became an orphan in a day. Her mother succumbed to Ebola on a Saturday morning. By sunset her father was dead, too. They had been sick for more than a week...
Jul 26, 2019
Associated Press
Congo student with Ebola still finds a way to take exams
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON
BENI, Congo (AP) — Claude Mabowa Sasi had lost his mother, a brother and a sister to Ebola. Instead of fearing death when he, too, was diagnosed with the disease, the young man had a different worry: would...
Jul 25, 2019
Associated Press
Ebola vaccine's promise undermined by deep distrust in Congo
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON
BENI, Congo (AP) — Until his last breath, Salomon Nduhi Kambale insisted he had been poisoned by someone and that was the reason he was vomiting blood. The 30-year-old man wouldn’t give community health...
Jul 24, 2019
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AP Photos: The struggle against Ebola in eastern Congo
Associated Press - By JEROME DELAY
BENI, Congo (AP) — They made their way through the thick forest like astronauts carrying a fallen comrade. Their booted steps were slow and deliberate as if they walked on the moon. A few men waited by...
Jul 24, 2019
Associated Press
War-weakened South Sudan tries to prepare for Ebola
Associated Press - By SAM MEDNICK
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — With the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo now an international emergency , neighboring South Sudan and its war-weakened health system is a major concern, especially after one case...
Jul 20, 2019
Associated Press
Congo soldiers, police to enforce Ebola emergency measures
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese soldiers and police will enforce hand-washing and fever checks now that the deadly Ebola outbreak has been declared an international health emergency , authorities said Thursday....
Jul 18, 2019