Every day for the past week, Aline Kasiwa has fed her sick mother, helped her drink and washed her clothes, all while fearing she could catch the Ebola virus as eastern Congo is plagued by one of the fastest-spreading outbreaks of the disease on record.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak “had a big head start, and we’re still behind,” the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that the medical community was “catching up” even as militant

A Times correspondent is reporting from the Ebola epicenter in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here’s what he saw.

The Trump administration has dismantled public health infrastructure, leaving the U.S. vulnerable to the current Ebola outbreak, and Congress must act now to restore outbreak control capacities and save lives.

Bundibugyo virus is an uncommon species of Ebola-causing virus that has been linked to only two other known outbreaks

The types of Ebola and hantavirus worrying officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.

A Nature report reveals how ecology, human behaviour and health-system preparedness shape Nipah spillovers and transmission patterns in two most affected states

Diseases are likely to emerge in regions such as Ituri that are weakened by overlapping crises, political instability and health insecurity, and with fragile health-care infrastructure, workforce shortages, widespread health misinformation and limited laboratory capacity. But there is no excuse for being unprepared this time.

Hantaviruses usually spread when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings. But there are unique species of hantavirus found in different parts of the world that have their own characteristics and can cause different symptoms.