Information on this page pertains to healthcare settings, including acute care hospitals, physicians’ offices, urgent care centers, and outpatient clinics. The recommendations and guidance may also be applicable to other settings where health care is delivered, such as school/work health clinics.
If evaluating a patient suspected to have Ebola Disease, providers should immediately notify their facility’s infection control program, other appropriate facility staff, and their local health department.
General Information
- CDC HAN Health Advisory: Ebola Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda (May 19, 2026)
- VDH Clinician Letter: Public Health Updates on Measles, Ebola Preparedness, and Travel-Associated Illnesses (June 3, 2026)
- How to locate and contact your local health department for consultation
- CDC Ebola Information for Healthcare Providers
- CDC Think Ebola: Early Recognition is Critical for Ebola Infection Control
- CDC Posters and Factsheets
Additional Resources
Clinician Outreach and Training Resources
- CDC COCA Call: What Clinicians Should Know about Ebola Bundibugyo Virus (May 28, 2026)
- VHEMP Webinar - Overview of Ebola Virus Disease for the Commonwealth of Virginia on May 29, 2026
- VHEMP Webinar: VDH Updates on Hantavirus and Ebola Outbreaks and Summer Preparedness on May 20, 2026
- NETEC: Ebola Virus Disease Resource Library
- NETEC Health Care Facility Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) Preparedness Checklist
- Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center: Ebola Health Alert for Clinicians
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centers
- VDH's Office of Emergency Medical Services Ebola Virus Disease website
- CDC Interim Guidance for EMS Systems and 9-1-1 Answering Points
- NETEC Ebola Virus Disease: Guidance for EMS Personnel
- NETEC EMS Biosafety – Identify, Isolate, Inform
- Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center: Ebola Health Alert for EMS
Screening and Evaluation Criteria
Infection Control and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- CDC: Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients in U.S. Hospitals who are Suspected or Confirmed to have Selected Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF)
- CDC PPE: Clinically Stable Patients Suspected to have VHF
- CDC PPE: Confirmed Patients and Clinically Unstable Patients Suspected to have VHF
- CDC Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Donning and Doffing PPE During Management of Patients with Selected VHF in U.S. Hospitals
- NETEC: PPE Donning and Doffing for VHF
Laboratory Testing
Organizations Sending U.S.-based Healthcare or Emergency Response Workers