The World Health Organization top official has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola in Congo. Authorities have reported at least 134 suspected deaths and over 500 cases.

WHO said the outbreak in Congo and Uganda doesn't meet the criteria for a pandemic emergency and advised against closing international borders.

Cholera outbreaks, measles resurgences, malaria spikes, untreated trauma injuries, and large-scale malnutrition, these are not isolated events but interconnected public health failures unfolding across countries that the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...

WHO director-general Tedros Abhanom Ghebreyesus said that he is 'deeply concerned about the scale and spread' of the Ebola outbreak.

Malaria incidence is increasing, progress on maternal mortality is stalling, and some childhood vaccine rates are plateauing or have dipped below the threshold for herd immunity

The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization