The United Nations is deploying additional personnel and emergency funding as health officials race to contain a fast-growing outbreak linked to a rare Ebola strain with no approved vaccine

Britain is boosting support for outbreak response efforts while Russia says it is concerned by the spread of Ebola and ready to assist in tackling the crisis

Despite a WHO health emergency declaration over a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the European Commission says no extra measures are needed

Two Phoenix Air Gulfstream III jets equipped for international ebola evacuation operations took off from Crete en route to Uganda

Six high-risk contacts are also being transferred to Europe for quarantine as health authorities expand efforts to contain the deadly outbreak linked to the Bundibugyo strain.

Health authorities will maintain enhanced monitoring measures but, in line with European assessments, do not plan to introduce the stricter travel restrictions adopted by the United States

Lab errors, mishandled samples, and traditional burial customs masked a growing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo until it became one of the largest ever recorded

The World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency over an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, raising concerns about spread and limited treatment options

The World Health Organization warned the Ebola outbreak linked to the Bundibugyo virus poses a high regional risk after cases spread between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, with at least 80 deaths reported