Ebola

As Trump shuts down USAID missions, officials warn Ebola outbreak in Uganda will spread

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Some health officials in the U.S. fear the shutdown of U.S. Agency for International Development missions may have disastrous results, as the stalling of foreign aid has forced delays in what they said was the “chaotic” early U.S. response to Uganda’s swelling Ebola outbreak.  The outbreak marks Uganda’s eighth from an Ebola virus. The first confirmed … Read more

Ebola kills nurse in Uganda’s capital Kampala, first death from virus since last outbreak ended in 2023

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Kampala, Uganda — A nurse in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023. Diana Atwine, permanent secretary of the health ministry, told reporters the 32-year-old male patient was an employee of Mulago Hospital, the main referral facility in … Read more