By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Today, the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced a new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case (see press release below). The new confirmed...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Today, the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) met to review the current Ebola virus disease...

By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 As 2019 comes to a close, the number of big, important infectious disease news and outbreak was in no shortage since January. So, it becomes my annual task to try to...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Democratic Republic of Congo: Ebola Virus Disease – External Situation Report 67 Over the last three months, there has been a steady decrease in confirmed cases...

In the first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) update in about a month, I take a look at some of the happenings at the meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee for Ebola virus...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ebola news has been plenty this week, particularly in the past couple days. First, a 9-year-old girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was diagnosed...

In this look at the week-in-review for Ebola and the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I look at the new cases reported in the 3rd DRC province, South Kivu. In addition, other big news...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The one year anniversary of the 10th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has come and past and things aren’t looking...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews It’s been one year since this current Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and more than 2,600 confirmed...

In a recent, very important article published in Foreign Policy, my guest Laurie Garrett writes about how the World Bank was holding back funds to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of...