For Jean Claude Érable and his bride Solange Hahati, celebrating their wedding on Saturday in such conditions meant having some family members and friends absent.

Health workers inside Mongbwalu, the epicenter of Congo's outbreak, say they are working with little pay or rest.

Despite rising international alarm, Congo's government insists that the situation is under control. It has repeatedly been pointed out that the country successfully overcame 16 previous Ebola outbreaks. Some patients have also begun to recover, offering a glimmer of hope.

The director-general of the World Health Organization said on Monday that Uganda should reconsider its decision to close its border with Democratic Republic of Congo

In one worst-case scenario projected, more than 20,000 cases would occur within three months if only 1 in 5 infected people are identified and isolated within two days.

Nicholas Enrich, on staff at the U.S. Agency for International Aid under 4 administrations, talks about Into the Woodchipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID.

As Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo climb above 450 and fears grow of a wider regional outbreak, the European Union has announced an additional €5 million to strengthen testing and disease surveillance.

Still, the risk to people in the United States remains low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Friday.