US adds $38 million for Ebola as CDC warns outbreak could match 2014

The United States said on Friday it would provide an additional $38 million for Ebola response efforts, as the CDC warned that without strong public health interventions the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could match or surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa crisis.



The additional funds bring the total committed by the U.S. to more than $200 million in direct funding, the State Department said in a statement.



The department, which did not detail how the money would be spent, said it was working closely with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the DRC and Uganda to "mount a rapid and comprehensive response" to the outbreak.



The CDC published three official scientific reports on the outbreak on Friday, in part to marshal resources across the international community, said Dr. Satish Pillai, the incident manager for the agency's Ebola response.



The documents are the first such reports to be published since the World Health Organization declared an emergency of international concern on May 17 over the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment.