Ebola virus

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda an international emergency

The WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda an international emergency, citing risks of cross-border spread.

Ambulances parked at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026.
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

Congo’s Ebola outbreak contained, health officials declare

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


Liberia thanks Israel for helping to wipe out its Ebola outbreak

Visiting Liberian senate president says his nation has great admiration for Israel and “can learn much from you in the fields of innovation, technology, agriculture and medical research.”

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and Liberia’s senate president Armah Zullu Jallah, with Knesset Director-General Ronen Plot

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.