The 2013 outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone claimed over 11,000 lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) was heavily criticized for its response to the outbreak, with some ...

An advisory panel selected to assess the response of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Ebola outbreak blamed the agency’s politics and rigid culture for the poor response to the ...

And finally, the virus itself played a critical role in accelerating the crisis. Ebola, although not nearly as contagious as some viruses, is unusually lethal and commensurately terrifying.

The Ebola response has suffered another setback, after a rebel attack forced the @WHO to evacuate some personnel.

WHO delayed sounding alarm on Ebola outbreak GENEVA -- In a delay that some say may have cost lives, the World Health Organization resisted calling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public ...

LONDON -- The World Health Organization has admitted that it botched attempts to stop the now-spiraling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, blaming factors including incompetent staff and a lack of ...

Medical workers of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy hospital in Monrovia, Liberia put on protective suits prior to carrying bodies of Ebola virus victims on September 6, 2014.

India, Jan. 31 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda, which is part of the Ebola virus family.

WHO vowed Saturday to make public a full review of its response to the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa once the crisis is under control.

A decade ago, scientists would have laughed at the idea of Ebola as a public health emergency of international concern. Today, they are shocked at the glaring gaps the deadly virus has exposed in ...

The WHO botched attempts to stop the now-spiraling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, according to a draft internal document.