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838 WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/18/2026 11:00 EDT

WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The World Health Organization declared on Saturday that the spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was a global health emergency. The announcement was made a day after Africa's leading public health authority reported that an outbreak in a province in the northeast of the country was linked to dozens of suspected deaths. By Saturday, cases had also been confirmed in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, the W.H.O. said.

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