The request for volunteers for Ebola screening comes as the CDC staff has shrunk by about 30% since last year due to restructuring and layoffs.

The types of Ebola and hantavirus panicking officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond.

Americans who have visited Congo, South Sudan or Uganda in the past 21 days must reenter the country through select airports for enhanced screening during an Ebola outbreak in these African nations. Three airports are involved in the process: Washington Dulles International Airport,

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that aid workers are struggling to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in a camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo. Camp leaders say they tell residents to wash their hands before eating — with soap for the lucky ones who have it.

President Donald Trump’s administration has increased restrictions on non-citizens entering the U.S. after recently being in multiple African countries amid an Ebola outbreak. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended a ban Friday on non-citizens entering the country after visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),