Ebola virus

Congo’s Ebola outbreak contained, health officials declare

Congolese health officials declared the Ebola outbreak over after the DRC used a revamped national surveillance system to rapidly contain transmission in Kasai Province.

Kavota Mugisha Robert (L), a healthcare worker who volunteered in the Ebola response, stands with decontamination gear as his colleague prepare to enter a house where a woman, 85, is suspected of dying of Ebola in the Eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 8, 201
Patients wait to be attended to in the waiting area of the Grarbet Tehadiso Mahber (GTM) Hospital in Butajira, on January 17, 2025.

Three confirmed deaths from Marburg virus in Ethiopia, three more suspected

 A resident receives a vaccine as the vaccinations against Ebola continue in Alakro, the slum where the first case of Ebola was confirmed, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast August 17, 2021

Global health bodies launch new vaccine scheme

 A health worker burns food waste of Ebola patients at an Ebola treatment center (ETC) in Katwa, near Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 5, 2019

Spain says patient does not have Marburg disease


Don’t wake the sleeping virus

A new model allows scientists to test drugs and develop therapies to prevent viruses that target the human nervous system.

Doctors perform surgery

Ebola death toll nears 7,000 in West Africa

The death toll has jumped by over 1,000 since November 26 alone, according to the World Health Organization.

Fighting ebola campaign

Matters of life and death

The Jerusalem Post

Watch: Israel sending Ebola field hospital and staff to Africa

The delivery, which is expected to be shipped from Israel to Sierra Leon, Liberia and Guinea, includes six cargo containers of specialist equipment to set up the hospitals.

Israel to send Ebola field hospital to West Africa

Israelis Not Intimidated by Global Challenges

The Jerusalem Post

Q&A with Ebola expert: Israel 'well equipped' to deal with disease

Israeli doctor tells "Post" though there's no guarantee against Ebola entering country, response would be swift: "no cause for public alarm."

Ebola screening drill held at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 17, 2014.

BGU Ebola researcher: Lack of developed world interest in Ebola delayed work on vaccine

“Current experimental vaccines will likely enter the market at a time that the current epidemic is in the process of burning out,” the researcher predicted.

Fighting ebola campaign

David Sheen knows what it takes to demonize Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Pastor warns Ebola is God's Punishment for Obama dividing Jerusalem

The director of Christians United for Israel also cited America's economic crisis as punishment for Obama's shortcomings.

A UN convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in Abidjan.

What can we learn from Noah about how to respond to Ebola?

Let’s show love to nations that are already at risk and to nations that Ebola has yet to reach.

A UN convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in Abidjan.