Health

The World Health Organization says suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo are rising amid security challenges and regional violence

The United States now requires U.S.-bound American citizens arriving from Ebola-affected countries to enter only through Washington Dulles for screening

Indian health authorities have issued an Ebola advisory for passengers arriving from or transiting through three high-risk countries, urging travelers with symptoms to report immediately to airport health officials

A U.S. citizen infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being moved to Germany as health officials race to contain the growing outbreak

The World Health Organization will today, May 19, 2026, convene an emergency committee to discuss the urgent matter of the Ebola outbreak after it was declared a global health emergency on Sunday

U.S. citizens traveling in Central Africa are being urged to exercise heightened caution after health authorities issued new alerts tied to a rapidly evolving Ebola outbreak situation

Health authorities confirm an Ebola outbreak in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, after lab tests detected the virus in multiple samples, with dozens of deaths reported so far. "Rapid regional coordination is essential"

The WHO will host its sixth Walk the Talk challenge in Geneva on May 17, promoting healthy lifestyles and inclusive community participation

French authorities suspended disembarkation aboard the Ambition cruise ship after dozens of passengers developed gastrointestinal symptoms. No deaths linked to the outbreak have been officially confirmed by French authorities at this stage, despite earlier reports circulating online claiming a passenger had died

The three New York City passengers aboard the MV Hondius are among the travelers being closely monitored following the hantavirus outbreak scare. NY Health Commissioner: "At this point, we do not know how long these individuals will stay in Nebraska and whether or when those individuals will return to New York. Currently, the risk to New Yorkers remains extremely low"

The three New York City passengers aboard the MV Hondius are among the travelers being closely monitored following the hantavirus outbreak scare. NY Health Commissioner: "At this point, we do not know how long these individuals will stay in Nebraska and whether or when those individuals will return to New York. Currently, the risk to New Yorkers remains extremely low"

The unusual hantavirus outbreak aboard the Dutch expedition ship MV Hondius has raised difficult questions about disease preparedness at sea, human transmission risks, and how modern cruise ships respond when rare infections emerge far from land

In a recent media briefing, the World Health Organization confirmed eight reported hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, while stressing the rare outbreak does not spread like COVID or influenza. Citizens from these 13 countries got off the cruise ship at St. Helena before they learned about the outbreak: the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, St Kitts

Airlink has also confirmed that the deceased Dutch national infected with the hantavirus had flown from Saint Helena to Johannesburg aboard an Airlink flight before boarding a KLM aircraft to fly to Amsterdam. The World Health Organization, the CDC, Canada, and UK have all issued fresh hantavirus updates. Spain's Ministry of Health announces "the person with symptoms who had been on a plane in Gran Canaria since yesterday has been transferred to Amsterdam on a new medicalized plane"

WHO update: The WHO says seven people became ill, including three deaths, in the hantavirus cluster on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Human-to-human transmission may have occurred, report specialists. "Based on the current information, including how hantavirus spreads, WHO assesses the risk to the global population from this event as low"

Hantavirus originates in animals and also infects humans, although it is not transmitted between them. The dangerous virus can cause severe lung or kidney damage and even death. Here's how to recognize symptoms and reduce the risk of infection. Also: the bad news about treatment and mortality rates

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Following heavy rains across the country and concerns about contaminated water flow, the Ministry of Health warns the public against swimming at the beaches until clean water samples are received