U.S. Not Deploying Experts to Ebola Outbreak in Congo

The U.S. has not sent experts to the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo because of militia attacks and is working with neighboring companies to contain the worsening outbreak, government officials said on Wednesday. The outbreak in the DRC has now become the worst in the country’s history, officials said in a briefing. Nearly 175 people have died from confirmed cases of Ebola, but hundreds more may have succumbed to the hemorrhagic fever, which attacks organs and the immune system.