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World Health Organization response team supporting the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2026

India’s Airlift Is Quietly Propping Up Congo’s Ebola Response as Cases Pass 1,480

India's medical aid to Africa CDC has moved quietly through Kampala as WHO's Ebola case count in Congo, Uganda and France climbs past 1,480. Whether the aid is reaching treatment units in

July 5, 2026

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Transmission electron microscopic image confirming Marburg virus in a hemorrhagic fever patient

Marburg Virus Detected in Uganda Amid Record Ebola Outbreak

A toddler's death in western Uganda has been confirmed as Marburg virus disease, opening a second hemorrhagic fever front in a country already battling a record Ebola outbreak. WHO and Africa CDC say they are investigating; Uganda's own health ministry

July 2, 2026

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Colored scanning electron micrograph of Bundibugyo ebolavirus particles

Ebola Has a Near 7-in-10 Chance of Reaching South Sudan, Lancet Study Warns

A modeling study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases estimates a 69.3 percent probability that the DRC's

World Health Organization clashes with alcohol industry over global health impact policies

WHO SAFER Alcohol Report: 2.6 Million Dead Annually as Global Drink Prices Drop

The World Health Organization launched its SAFER progress report on June 26, confirming alcohol kills 2.6 million annually. Most governments have abandoned proven interventions as drinks become more affordable, even though each

June 26, 2026

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Electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles, the pathogen behind the 2026 DRC outbreak

France Confirms First European Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Tops 1,100

A French doctor who flew home from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the first confirmed Ebola case on European soil in the current outbreak, which stands

June 26, 2026

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Scientists wearing personal protective equipment during an Ebola outbreak response in DRC

France Confirms First Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Crosses 1,000

France confirmed its first Ebola case on June 24 after a doctor returned from a humanitarian mission in DR Congo, the same day the DRC outbreak crossed 1,000 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo

June 26, 2026

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Healthcare workers in protective gear at Ebola treatment centre in Rwampara, Ituri province, DRC

Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

The Bundibugyo Ebola virus has reached a crowded displacement camp in Ituri province, where 30,000 people live and hundreds share a single toilet, as WHO officials acknowledge the outbreak is spreading into

June 12, 2026

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WHO emergency medical supplies being unloaded at a DRC airstrip during the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province

WHO Official in Bunia Admits Ebola Response Is Trailing the Outbreak as Cases Top 550 in DRC

A WHO field director speaking from inside Ituri Province told the United Nations on Tuesday that the global Ebola response is still behind the outbreak curve, with contact tracing reaching only 45

June 9, 2026

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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC

WHO Chief Urges Uganda to Reopen Congo Border as Ebola Outpaces Response

Visiting an isolation ward in Kampala, WHO chief Tedros urged Uganda to reverse the border closure it imposed in late May, arguing blanket travel restrictions do little to stop Ebola and discourage

June 8, 2026

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Laboratory technologist in protective equipment at Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe Uganda during Ebola outbreak 2026

Ebola Closes a Border: Uganda Shuts Entry From Congo as Cases Near 1,200 and the US Scrambles to Keep the Virus Out

Uganda has sealed its border with Congo after Ebola cases crossed into the country, defying WHO guidance, as the Trump administration races to prevent the deadly Bundibugyo virus from reaching American soil.

May 28, 2026

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Health worker in protective equipment screens travelers during Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in Kampala Uganda

Ebola Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads in DRC and Uganda as Oxford Races to Field a Vaccine

The lab results came back on a Friday, and by sundown the rumors that had passed along the dirt roads of Ituri Province for nearly a month had a name. The fever

May 24, 2026

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Ambulance carrying American Ebola patient Dr. Peter Stafford arrives at Charité hospital in Berlin on May 20, 2026

White House Resisted Bringing American Doctor With Ebola Home as Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads

The opening on May 20 of an isolation ward at Berlin’s Charité University Hospital was supposed to be the ending of an American doctor’s harrowing journey. It became, instead, the start of

May 21, 2026

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Healthcare workers respond to deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo

Ebola’s Deadly Return: Congo’s New Outbreak Sparks Regional Alarm as Rare Strain Kills 80

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is confronting one of its gravest public health emergencies in years as a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak tied to the rare Bundibugyo strain has killed at

May 16, 2026

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India’s Airlift Is Quietly Propping Up Congo’s Ebola Response as Cases Pass 1,480

Marburg Virus Detected in Uganda Amid Record Ebola Outbreak

Ebola Has a Near 7-in-10 Chance of Reaching South Sudan, Lancet Study Warns

WHO SAFER Alcohol Report: 2.6 Million Dead Annually as Global Drink Prices Drop

France Confirms First European Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Tops 1,100

France Confirms First Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Crosses 1,000

Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

WHO Official in Bunia Admits Ebola Response Is Trailing the Outbreak as Cases Top 550 in DRC

WHO Chief Urges Uganda to Reopen Congo Border as Ebola Outpaces Response

Ebola Closes a Border: Uganda Shuts Entry From Congo as Cases Near 1,200 and the US Scrambles to Keep the Virus Out

Ebola Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads in DRC and Uganda as Oxford Races to Field a Vaccine

White House Resisted Bringing American Doctor With Ebola Home as Bundibugyo Outbreak Spreads

Ebola’s Deadly Return: Congo’s New Outbreak Sparks Regional Alarm as Rare Strain Kills 80

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