Hemorrhagic fever

Guinea reports West Africa’s first known Marburg virus death

By BOUBACAR DIALLOAugust 9, 2021 GMT

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Authorities in West Africa have confirmed the region's first known case of Marburg virus after at least one person in Guinea died of the hemorrhagic fever disease, the World Health Organization said Monday.

Dutch doctor dies of lassa fever contracted in Sierra Leone

November 24, 2019 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says that a doctor who contracted lassa fever while working in Sierra Leone has died...

Congo ministry says Ebola outbreak worst in nation’s history

By SALEH MWANAMILONGONovember 10, 2018 GMT

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's latest Ebola outbreak is the worst in the country's recorded history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said...

Risk of Ebola’s spread from Congo now ‘very high,’ WHO says

By CARA ANNASeptember 29, 2018 GMT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The risk of the deadly Ebola virus spreading from Congo is now "very high" after two confirmed cases were discovered near the Uganda border, the World Health Organization says...

WHO warns of ‘perfect storm’ for Ebola in eastern Congo

September 25, 2018 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — Insecurity, public defiance about vaccinations and political jockeying could create a "perfect storm" leading Congo's latest Ebola outbreak to spread, the emergencies chief for the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

Risk of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak spreading ‘very low’

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and CARLEY PETESCHMay 9, 2018 GMT

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The risk of Congo's latest Ebola outbreak spreading is "very low" because of the remote area, a Congolese disease expert said Wednesday as medical teams arrived on the scene.

Nigeria reports record high Lassa fever cases with 317

February 28, 2018 GMT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Health authorities say a Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has reached a record high and there are suspected cases in neighboring Benin as well.

Nigeria has reported 317 confirmed cases in two months, more than the total for all of last year.

West African nation of Guinea reports Lassa fever death

By KRISTA LARSON and BOUBACAR DIALLOFebruary 8, 2018 GMT

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Authorities in Guinea announced the first death from Lassa fever in more than two decades Thursday, heightening anxiety about another hemorrhagic fever in the West African country where an Ebola epidemic first emerged...

Congo announces 9 suspected Ebola cases, including 3 deaths

By SALEH MWANAMILONGOMay 12, 2017 GMT

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — One person has been confirmed dead from Ebola in an outbreak in a remote corner of northern Congo as health authorities look into a total of nine suspected cases, including two other deaths, the country's health minister and the World Health Organization said Friday...