The rapid spread of Africa’s Ebola outbreak is driven by a new strain known as Bundibugyo. Maps and charts detail its spread.

Oz said the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa was being led by NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya.

While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.

For patients in an Ebola outbreak with no approved medicine or vaccine, there is little comfort. But Arlette Basekawike, a volunteer for the U.N. food agency, is doing her best. Her hair covered by a pink bonnet,

The Ebola outbreak has already spread to Uganda and threatens neighboring states such as war-ravaged South Sudan. It is rapidly becoming a major global health threat.

KAMPALA, June 2 (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed six more new cases of Ebola, bringing the total confirmed in the country so far to 15, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said in a statement on its X account that the six were confirmed among contacts of other confirmed cases.

The World Health Organization said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak and 116 suspected cases, marking a large drop in the number of suspected cases as hundreds were ruled out after investigation.

The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.

More than 300 cases and over 40 deaths have been confirmed in the DRC.