The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), warning of increasing cases, deaths, and cross-border transmission. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the decision on Sunday after health authorities reported eight labor­at­ory-con­firmed cases, 246 sus­pec­ted cases, and 80 sus­pec­ted deaths in east­ern DRC's Ituri pr