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The agency made the declaration just a day after Africa’s top public health agency first announced the outbreak. There is no approved vaccine for this species of Ebola.

The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern over an outbreak of a rare Ebola virus in central Africa. On May 17, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus,

After Trump stopped funding the WHO, the agency retreated from occupational safety and health programs, putting millions of workers at risk as the planet warms, advocates contend. They hope its leaders change that when they meet next week.

Malaria incidence is increasing, progress on maternal mortality is stalling, and some childhood vaccine rates are plateauing or have dipped below the threshold for herd immunity

The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization.