A rat-borne virus suspected of killing three people and sickening at least seven others on a cruise ship may have spread between passengers in a rare event. The World Health Organization raised the possibility, warning that some patients infected with hantavirus had 'very close contact with each other.' Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO Director for Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention, said: 'Human-to-human transmission can’t be ruled out, so as a precaution, this is what we are assuming.

Médecins Sans Frontières has warned that the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming a 'deeply alarming' situation. Congolese authorities have identified 1,028 suspected cases of Ebola and at least 246 deaths, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba said. Health authorities in Congo and neighbouring countries are scrambling to contain the latest outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no vaccine or treatment. The outbreak, which is the third largest on recor

CNN’s Clarissa Ward gains extraordinary access to the epicenter of a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where doctors work around the clock and grief, fear and fragile hope collide inside a hospital struggling to contain the virus.