Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced ...

Geneva -- The World Health Organization on Friday said the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo — which spilled into Uganda this week — is an "extraordinary event" of deep concern but does not yet ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an end to the Ebola epidemic, which killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa over the course of two years.

Scientists believe the virus is endemic to West Africa, so saying the region is Ebola-free doesn't do much except deflect attention away from an ongoing public health issue.

LONDON (AP) — New estimates from the World Health Organization warn the number of Ebola cases could hit 21,000 in six weeks unless efforts to curb the outbreak are ramped up. Since the first ...

Despite a growing international effort to combat the virus, outside health experts say the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO)—the only worldwide health institution—has been slow ...

Uganda's Ebola outbreak is "rapidly evolving" a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult ...

Which patients, if any, should get experimental drugs? — -- A panel of World Health Organization ethicists will discuss whether to use experimental drugs in the West African Ebola outbreak ...

Even though the number of Ebola cases around the world continues to rise, Keiji Fukuda, the World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director general of health security, said it's still possible ...

Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced ...

The World Health Organization on Friday declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an extraordinary response to stop its spread.

“This vaccine is not yet licensed.” The World Health Organization said in a statement that its support to Uganda’s response to the outbreak includes access to 2,160 doses of trial vaccine.