A medical group says an American doctor tested positive after being exposed while treating patients.

Amid an outbreak declared as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, the U.S. is restricting travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo. That could impact the team — and its fans — during the upcoming World Cup.

The virus behind the latest Ebola outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, which is less common and there is no vaccine or treatment.

By Erikas Mwisi BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 18 (Reuters) - Medical personnel were rushing on Monday to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo whose late detection and quick spread have alarmed health experts.

A rare strain of Ebola has prompted the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern.

The World Health Organization chief said Tuesday he was "deeply concerned" by an Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has spilled into Uganda, believed to have killed 131 people.

At least 80 deaths have been reported as a country battles an outbreak of a highly contagious disease. The deaths were confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province,

Millions trapped in deepening hunger crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as needs far outpace humanitarian response