The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has warned that the virus is “spreading faster than a response”

The types of Ebola and hantavirus panicking officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.

The risk to Americans right now is low, but sweeping cuts to public health infrastructure present challenges to handling infectious disease threats at home and abroad

Every time Vanny Birungi, a volunteer with the Red Cross in eastern Congo, goes out to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak as suspected cases near 1,000, she faces a double threat. One

In response to the Ebola virus outbreak, federal officials have implemented enhanced screening at three U.S. airports for travelers returning from three African countries.Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport will be the latest to integrate enhanced screenings starting early Wednesday,

Ebola is a severe and often fatal illness transmitted through direct contact with infected bodily fluids, contaminated materials or infected animals.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent an "urgent request" to its workforce to recruit personnel to help screen passengers coming from Central Africa for any potential signs of Ebola illness,

The Trump administration plans to send Americans exposed to Ebola to a quarantine and treatment facility being constructed in Kenya, an administration official said Wednesday.  Sources said public