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Closing ceremony of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at The Hydro arena

Five Boxers from Uganda and Pakistan Go Missing After Glasgow Commonwealth Games

Five boxers from Uganda and Pakistan disappeared after the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, prompting Police Scotland to open an investigation in coordination with the UK Home Office. One athlete told media

August 5, 2026

by Dmitri Agafonov

Congolese health workers in PPE examine children at Ebola response zone in Bunia, Ituri province, DRC

Congo’s Ebola Epidemic Becomes World’s Second Largest Outbreak Ever as Deaths Hit 1,556

The DRC's Bundibugyo Ebola epidemic has reached 3,532 cases and 1,556 deaths, making it the second largest Ebola outbreak in history after the 2014-2016 West Africa crisis. Africa CDC has requested $1.4 billion to contain it, but funding pledges lag

August 1, 2026

by Jennifer Hicks

A community health worker at a medical facility in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola Death Toll in DRC Passes 1,000 With No Vaccine and Fastest Spread on Record

The Ebola death toll in DR Congo crossed 1,000 on Wednesday, in under ten weeks —

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

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 Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak will import at least one case into South Sudan within three months, placing

June 26, 2026

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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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Five Boxers from Uganda and Pakistan Go Missing After Glasgow Commonwealth Games

Congo’s Ebola Epidemic Becomes World’s Second Largest Outbreak Ever as Deaths Hit 1,556

Ebola Death Toll in DRC Passes 1,000 With No Vaccine and Fastest Spread on Record

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

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