Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared a three-week lockdown in two high-risk districts with confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD). There were 63 confirmed cases so far, including 29 deaths. The new outbreak is of the Sudan strain. Unlike the common Zaire strain, there is no treatment and no cure for the Sudan strain. Meaning, the death toll could be catastrophic if this strain starts... 

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the death toll from the Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea has risen to at least 83. On Wednesday, the UN agency said the fatality rate in the country so far stands at 65 percent with the virus mainly hitting those aged from 15 to 59. The organization added that five new cases of the deadly disease have been recorded in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number...