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Trump’s World Cup chief tells Congo team to isolate amid Ebola outbreak

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New York TimesAMay 23, 10:44 AM

White House Tells Congo’s Soccer Team to Isolate, Citing Ebola Outbreak

The team, now in Belgium, must isolate there for 21 days or risk being denied permission to come to Houston for the World Cup, an official said.

CBS NewsBMay 23, 8:13 PM

Ebola kills 3 Red Cross workers in the Congo, organization says

The three workers, who fell ill in March and died in May, were "among the first known victims of the outbreak," the Red Cross said.

The InterceptBMay 19, 8:58 PM

Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards

“The outbreaks of Ebola and hantavirus in the past two weeks show why international threats need an international response.” The post Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards a

The GuardianAMay 23, 1:17 PM

‘Every health facility said they were full’: alarm over rapid spread of Ebola in DRC

New strain of virus, aid cuts, and cultural norms around burials and touch add to difficulties in stemming outbreak The warnings from aid groups and healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of th

New York TimesAMay 23, 7:46 PM

U.S. Ebola Travel Ban Faces Criticism From Congo Health Officials

Kinshasa residents continue to pack markets, bars and public transportation, despite growing international concern about the spread of the virus.

Common DreamsCMay 21, 3:37 PM

“Failures of ‘America First Global Health’”: U.S. Global Health Cuts and DRC Conflict Fuel Ebola Crisis

Sweeping U.S. cuts to critical global health programs, including funding and staffing reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for Interna

HuffPostCMay 22, 7:56 AM

Ex-CDC Chief Warns Ebola Outbreak Could Become ‘Very Significant Pandemic’

"I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic, probably going to leak into Tanzania, leak into southern Sudan, maybe leak into Rwanda."

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The HillBMay 22, 6:05 PM

Trump’s World Cup chief tells Congo team to isolate amid Ebola outbreak

The head of the White House task force for the upcoming World Cup said Friday that Congo’s national soccer team must remain in isolation for 21 days if it plans to enter the U.S. amid an ongoing Ebola

BBC NewsAMay 23, 7:55 PM

Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

They are thought to have caught the virus before the outbreak was identified, the Red Cross says.

AxiosAMay 21, 9:30 AM

Ebola outbreak raises alarms about Trump's global health moves

The U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak is drawing new warnings from public health experts about the impact of the Trump administration's global health policies, including the dismantlement of USAID a

AxiosAMay 20, 2:33 AM

Why health officials are worried about containing the Ebola outbreak

The ongoing Ebola surge has public health experts anxious about the world's capacity to contain its spread. The big picture: Ebola epidemics aren't new, but the current outbreak has been identified as

USA TodayBMay 19, 1:34 PM

WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola: What Americans should know - USA Today

WHO declares global health emergency for Ebola: What Americans should know  USA Today

PBS NewsHourAMay 23, 3:29 PM

Eighteen suspected Ebola patients escape after treatment tent is set on fire for a second time in Congo

Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff th

The HillBMay 22, 12:38 PM

Former CDC epidemiologist: Ebola outbreak ‘will get worse before it gets better’

Dr. Neil Vora, an epidemiologist, warned that the spread of the Ebola virus in several African countries “will get worse before it gets better.” Vora, who worked for the Centers for Disease Control an

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