Ebola virus

Congo Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in country's history as death toll reaches new peak

Congo's public health institute said in its latest report that confirmed cases had risen to 4,945, including 101 new cases detected in the previous 24 hours.

Passengers who disembarked from a boat intercepted by health authorities wait to be tested following the death of a passenger suspected of having Ebola, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 6, 2026.
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 30, 2026.

Patient held in isolation in Soroka Hospital tests negative for Ebola after returning from DRC

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 30, 2026.

Israeli isolated in hospital while being tested for suspected Ebola symptoms after visiting DRC

 Red Cross workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise, who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Ebola outbreak in Congo tops 4,000 cases in world's second-largest epidemic


Liberia thanks Israel for helping to wipe out its Ebola outbreak

Visiting Liberian senate president says his nation has great admiration for Israel and “can learn much from you in the fields of innovation, technology, agriculture and medical research.”

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and Liberia’s senate president Armah Zullu Jallah, with Knesset Director-General Ronen Plot

Don’t wake the sleeping virus

A new model allows scientists to test drugs and develop therapies to prevent viruses that target the human nervous system.

Doctors perform surgery

Ebola death toll nears 7,000 in West Africa

The death toll has jumped by over 1,000 since November 26 alone, according to the World Health Organization.

Fighting ebola campaign

Matters of life and death

The Jerusalem Post

Watch: Israel sending Ebola field hospital and staff to Africa

The delivery, which is expected to be shipped from Israel to Sierra Leon, Liberia and Guinea, includes six cargo containers of specialist equipment to set up the hospitals.

Israel to send Ebola field hospital to West Africa

Israelis Not Intimidated by Global Challenges

The Jerusalem Post

Q&A with Ebola expert: Israel 'well equipped' to deal with disease

Israeli doctor tells "Post" though there's no guarantee against Ebola entering country, response would be swift: "no cause for public alarm."

Ebola screening drill held at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 17, 2014.

BGU Ebola researcher: Lack of developed world interest in Ebola delayed work on vaccine

“Current experimental vaccines will likely enter the market at a time that the current epidemic is in the process of burning out,” the researcher predicted.

Fighting ebola campaign

David Sheen knows what it takes to demonize Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Pastor warns Ebola is God's Punishment for Obama dividing Jerusalem

The director of Christians United for Israel also cited America's economic crisis as punishment for Obama's shortcomings.

A UN convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in Abidjan.