With a dangerous Ebola outbreak growing in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States playing a smaller role than in past crises, attention is turning to China and whether it is willing to take on a larger global health leadership role.

The Ebola outbreak has crossed 500 infected cases as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported a total of 488 cases and Uganda another 19.

The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals.

Dozens of people have died and hundreds have been sickened in an Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Scientists believe Ebola viruses naturally exist in some wild animals, with bats considered one of the likely hosts.

A dangerous new Ebola outbreak is intensifying in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, fueled by the area's booming, unregulated gold mining industry. ・A severe Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is driven by unregulated gold mining activities.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread. The U.S.

Mining has been the lifeblood of this remote Congolese hill town for decades. Now, it is fueling the spread of a devastating virus.