In a new Opinion, Lawrence Gostin contrasts the actions of WHO leadership with that of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to contain two extremely rare outbreaks: Andes hantavirus on the cruise ship MV Hondius, and Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
When I arrived in Geneva for the World Health Assembly in late May, the World Health Organization (WHO) was scrambling to contain two extremely rare