Ebola Facts
Learn more about Ebola, its history, and risk to the U.S.
Ebola in the DRC: One Year Later
The World Health Organization’s declaration that the ongoing spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern followed confirmation of the virus in a patient in Goma, a city of two million people close to the Rwanda border. The outbreak had eluded control for nearly a year, with responses challenged by armed conflict and political instability.
The outbreak in North Kivu is the 10th outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the disease was identified. The Zaire species of Ebola virus was discovered in 1976 in Yambuku, DRC -- what was then Zaire. That year also, the Sudan species of Ebola virus was discovered across the Zaire border in southern Sudan.
News and Updates
- IDSA - Ebola PHEIC Declaration Should Spur Support, Not Fear
- IDSA - Cross Border Spread Demands More Resources
- IDSA: Ebola Crisis in DRC Demands Immediate, Ongoing Investments
- United Nations Strengthens Ebola Response in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- SAGE Interim Recommendations on Vaccination against Ebola Virus Disease
- WHO African Regional Office Weekly Situation Reports
- WHO Updates Including IHR Statement
- WHO Disease Outbreak News
- Science Speaks Ebola coverage
- Journal of Infectious Diseases Ebola Supplement
- WHO Issues Ebola advisory for international travelers
- Washington Post: It's time to declare a public health emergency on Ebola
- The Hill – Health workers are being killed while trying to fight Ebola
- The Hill – Health-care worker infections add to Ebola challenge in Congo
- The Hill — Op Ed: Sustained US preparedness needed for Ebola and other pan-epidemic threats
Domestic Ebola Resources
- Kaiser Family Foundation Explainer on DRC Outbreak and U.S. Role
- The National Ebola Training and Education Center
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Ebola Treatment Research
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Ebola Vaccine Research
- Main CDC Ebola portal
- CDC Ebola clinician portal
- Overall infection control considerations
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- CDC guidance for management of EVD in U.S. settings:
Ebola-related CDC Alerts
- Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, Travel Notice, Alert Level 2
- CDC issues interim guidance for the safe care of survivors of Ebola Virus Disease (3/22/2016)
- CDC provides Ebola PPE guidance clarifications to assist U.S. healthcare personnel (8/28/2015)
- CDC Releases New Clinical Resources on Ebola – Pediatrics/OB; Residence Cleaning (11/6/2014)
- Ambulatory Care Evaluation of Patients with Possible Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola) (11/3/2014)
- CDC Releases Two New Clinical Resources in the Fight Against Ebola – PPE Demonstration Video, Ebola Clinical Slide Set (10/31/2014)
- Evaluating Patients for Possible Ebola Virus Disease: Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel and Health Officials (10/2/2014