Health officials have warned the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda could become one of the largest on record after confirmed cases jumped to 471, prompting a major international response.

New modeling from the CDC shows that if measures aren't taken immediately, this outbreak could sicken more than 20,000 people in the next three months.

The rapid spread of Africa’s Ebola outbreak is driven by a new strain known as Bundibugyo. Maps, charts, and data visualziations detail its spread.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization announced a response plan to counter the Ebola outbreak.

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - U.S. CDC model scenarios show that without strong public health interventions, the current outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo could become as large as,

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda could lead to more than 20,000 cases and over 2,000 deaths in a worst-case scenario, according to a CDC report.

Fears grow of a wider Ebola outbreak in Central Africa as confirmed cases approach 500, with WHO warning the epidemic is spreading rapidly and needs urgent containment.

The World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region

Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo jumped by 71 in a day and another 21 deaths were recorded as health workers expanded testing in the mining town where the outbreak is believed to have begun,

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