Caroline O’Doherty speaks with an Irish aid worker in one of Africa’s most volatile regions that has been hit with an outbreak of the ebola virus

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders in Katwa and Butembo, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health,have begun enrolling patients for a randomised controlled trial of four potential Ebola-treatments in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

In its statement, Region Uppsala said it was so far "only a matter of suspicion", adding: "Other diseases are quite possible."

A nurse has died from Ebola in Bikoro, the rural town in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the outbreak began, as the country begins a vaccination campaign.

The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has spread to a city, prompting fears of a worrying shift in the new outbreak in the north-west of the country.

Authorities in Guinea have announced the first death from Lassa fever in more than two decades, heightening anxiety about another haemorrhagic fever in the West African country where an Ebola epidemic first emerged.

The revelations follow an internal investigation of how money was handled during the 2014-2016 epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

A nurse who survived after contracting the killer Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has returned to the UK from an "emotional" fundraising trip to the country.

LATEST: One person has been confirmed dead from Ebola in an outbreak in a remote corner of northern Congo as health authorities look into a total of nine suspected cases, including another death, the country's health minister said.

Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey is planning to return to Sierra Leone for the first time since she was struck down with with the killer virus.

A doctor who admitted misleading other medics over Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey also acted dishonestly, medical watchdogs in England ruled today.

A nurse has been suspended for two months for concealing the fact that Scottish medic Pauline Cafferkey had a raised temperature before she tested positive for Ebola.

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is said to be in a "stable condition" after she was rushed to hospital for a fourth time since contracting Ebola while working in Africa.

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey will be allowed to continue to practise after being cleared of misconduct over her return to the UK with the virus.

Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey has been accused of concealing her temperature during checks on her return to the UK.

Pauline Cafferkey has spoken of her stress over misconduct allegations which remain unresolved more than 18 months on from her return to the UK with the virus.

Top US health officials say the more they learn about Zika, the scarier the virus appears.

Improved hygiene, sanitation, and surveillance, akin to that of John Snow in the 1850s, could save hundreds of millions of lives in the coming decades, writes Jim O’Neill            

The joke has shown up on police department Facebook pages: Anyone in possession of methamphetamine or other illegal drugs should stop by the police station for testing because the drugs might somehow contain ebola.

The World Health Organisation says Ebola no longer qualifies as an international health emergency.

Two bodies have tested positive for Ebola in Guinea.

The British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has spent the night at the Royal Free hospital in London, where she is undergoing treatment for a third time.

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is in a "stable" condition after being admitted to hospital for a third time since contracting Ebola.

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was diagnosed with Ebola more than one year ago, has been admitted to hospital for the third time since contracting the disease, NHS officials have said.

Over €5bn that was promised for Ebola hit West Africa cannot be traced - according to Oxfam.

A second case of Ebola has emerged in Sierra Leone after health officials thought the epidemic was over.

Health officials have confirmed a new death from Ebola - just hours after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak in West Africa over.

Guinea has been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organisation.

A teenage boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, the first fatality since July in one of the three West African countries hit hardest by the worst-ever outbreak of the disease.

SINCE its creation in 1948 the World Health Organization has played a leading role in the elimination or containment of deadly diseases like smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS.

Failings by the World Health Organisation (WHO) played a key role in the Ebola disaster, according to new report.

Health officials in Liberia have confirmed a new case of Ebola more than two months after the west African nation was declared free of the deadly disease for a second time.

Guinea’s last known Ebola patient has been released, raising hopes that the world could be declared free of Ebola before the end of the year.

Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, has been released from isolation after being treated for meningitis caused by the deadly virus.

Ebola has been eliminated in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone – where British nurse Pauline Cafferkey caught Ebola – is just hours from being declared free of the disease.

A nurse quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with ebola patients in West Africa is suing the state governor and health chiefs, saying they held her illegally against her will.

A nurse quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa is suing the state governor and health chiefs, saying they held her illegally against her will.

A nurse who is being treated for a late complication of an Ebola infection has “made a significant improvement”, doctors have said.

Scientists have found Ebola stays in the semen of male survivors for up to nine months after recovery - much longer than previously thought.