Authorities have raced to slow the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo with strict measures, including by limiting public gatherings and enforcing social distancing
June 08, 2026
Ugandan authorities have tightened border controls with Congo to prevent Ebola's spread
June 06, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday that 71 new Ebola cases were confirmed in a 24-hour period and warned of rapid community transmission of the deadly disease.
June 06, 2026
The United States said on Friday it would provide an additional $38 million for Ebola response efforts, as the CDC warned that
June 06, 2026
In Congo, the battle against the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola has been complicated by skepticism, attacks on health workers and misinformation
June 05, 2026
Most of the 13 U.S. treatment centers in a government-funded hospital network for severe infectious diseases are ready to handle patients, including those with
June 05, 2026
Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province this week, forcing responders to abandon a coffin and raising fears
June 04, 2026
Americans who test positive for Ebola at Kenya facility could be treated in US, federal officials say
June 04, 2026
The World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region
June 03, 2026
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the world is "catching up" with the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, where
June 03, 2026
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June 02, 2026
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June 03, 2026
Volunteers for the U.N. food agency are providing crucial support In the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo by cooking
June 02, 2026
The World Health Organization said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak and 116
June 02, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo has re-opened the airport in the capital city of the province hit hardest by the ongoing Ebola outbreak, a government statement said,
June 02, 2026
Congo has confirmed at least 282 Ebola cases in its growing outbreak
June 01, 2026
Merck is in discussions with various global health authorities about making its COVID antiviral pill molnupiravir available as an Ebola treatment to
June 01, 2026
Global health organisation CEPI will give roughly $60 million to Moderna and two other groups to accelerate the development of
June 01, 2026
The head of the World Health Organization on Monday concluded his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo by briefing the president on the response to the
June 01, 2026
Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki on Monday to protest moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a
June 01, 2026
Four nurses who were being treated for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus have been discharged from a hospital in Bunia in the Democratic
May 31, 2026
The World Health Organisation chief travelled on Saturday to the Congolese province hardest hit by an Ebola outbreak, urging residents to seek
May 30, 2026
The head of the World Health Organization has visited Bunia in eastern Congo, where a rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly
May 30, 2026
The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak
May 29, 2026
Geography may not provide meaningful protection once an outbreak is already underway.
May 30, 2026
The World Health Organization said on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected
May 29, 2026
A Kenyan court has ordered the temporary suspension of a plan for the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in the country after a lawsuit
May 29, 2026
The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday he was on his way to the Democratic Republic of Congo where an Ebola outbreak is outpacing the world's ability to
May 28, 2026
The World Health Organization said on Thursday on X that, in partnership with the national medical research organization of the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is scaling
May 28, 2026
The United States, Mexico and Canada on Thursday announced aligned public health travel measures for people coming from African regions at the greatest risk from Ebola,
May 28, 2026
Kenya has approved a request from the U.S. to open a quarantine facility in the East African nation for Americans exposed to Ebola, U.S. officials told Reuters on
May 28, 2026
The World Health Organization on May 17 declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and said there was a
May 27, 2026
The United States on Wednesday said it must prevent any cases of Ebola from entering the country from the Democratic Republic of
May 27, 2026
(Corrects paragraph 5 to state that North and South Kivu provinces are partially controlled by M23 rebels, not that North Kivu is held by M23 and South Kivu is controlled by the Alliance Fleuve Congo;
May 27, 2026
In an Ebola outbreak, hours matter.
May 27, 2026
Uganda has closed its border with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo with immediate effect to try to limit the spread of Ebola, Uganda's government said on Wednesday
May 27, 2026
The U.S. is discussing with Kenya opening a facility there to quarantine American citizens who become exposed to the Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two
May 27, 2026
This year’s World Cup is testing the public health playbook
May 27, 2026
Christian aid group Samaritan's Purse hopes to open within a week a 50-bed Ebola treatment centre in the area of the outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
May 27, 2026
There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in this camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo
May 27, 2026
Canada and the Bahamas said on Tuesday they will temporarily ban residents from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan amid an Ebola
May 27, 2026
The Canadian government says travelers from Ebola-affected regions will be required to self-isolate for 21 days, while immigration authorities are temporarily suspending decisions on applications from Congo, South Sudan and Uganda
May 27, 2026
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May 26, 2026
Health workers responding to a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo face two threats
May 25, 2026
Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo, already grappling with shortages of basic supplies,
May 25, 2026
Inside the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in DRC as the virus spreads
May 24, 2026
Angry residents in eastern Congo have attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center treating Ebola patients
May 23, 2026
A local hospital official says that angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of an outbreak in eastern Congo, demanding the bodies of their relatives
May 25, 2026
Uganda has confirmed three new cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak there to five, the health ministry said on Saturday, as authorities
May 23, 2026
Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola
May 23, 2026
The United States on Friday temporarily banned the entry of lawful permanent residents who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or
May 23, 2026
Authorities in northeastern Congo have banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak
May 22, 2026
Protesters attack DRC treatment center as the WHO warns violence is threatening Ebola efforts
May 22, 2026
It would be a mistake to underestimate the risk posed by the Ebola outbreak, the WHO regional director for Africa said on Friday, warning that just one case
May 22, 2026
Volunteers are going door-to-door to combat misinformation about Ebola in the area at the centre of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
May 22, 2026
The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola turning into a national outbreak in the Democratic
May 22, 2026
The risk of Ebola affecting fans at the World Cup is low, according to Dr Oliver Johnson, a global health academic at King's College London,
May 22, 2026
People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain
May 21, 2026
Atlanta, Houston join list of airports that can receive passengers from three countries amid Ebola outbreak
May 21, 2026
Protesters set fire to tents for Ebola patients after Congolese authorities refused to give them the dead body of a victim
May 21, 2026
A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, hundreds of kilometres from the
May 21, 2026
The acting director of the U.S.
May 22, 2026
Americans who have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan within the last three weeks must only return to the
May 21, 2026
Visualizing the Ebola outbreak in maps and charts
May 21, 2026
Countries around the world are scrambling to stop a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak that has killed at least 139 people. One American doctor is isolated and two other American doctors are being monitored. Fred Pleitgen reports on OutFront.
May 20, 2026
How bushmeat, burial rites and disinformation make the DRC an Ebola hotspot
May 21, 2026
The family of a U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus has killed over 130 people, has been
May 21, 2026
India and the African Union (AU) have decided to postpone the India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled to be held next week in New Delhi, due to the "emerging
May 21, 2026
The Ebola outbreak linked to more than 130 deaths in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo likely started two months ago and is
May 20, 2026
Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places
May 20, 2026
A U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus has
May 21, 2026
Should you worry about the Ebola outbreak? Here’s what the numbers tell us
May 20, 2026
First responders fighting Democratic Republic of Congo's 17th Ebola outbreak say even basic supplies are scarce - from pain medicine, to
May 20, 2026
The World Health Organization director-general has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo
May 19, 2026
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