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Ebola

Islamist militants force Ebola patients to flee in deadly Congo raid

UK doctor with Ebola returns from Congo to London for treatment

An ambulance takes part in a convoy carrying a British Ebola patient arrives at the Royal Free Hospital following medical evacuation from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in London, Britain, November 5, 2026. REUTERS/Jack Taylor
An ambulance takes part in a convoy carrying a British Ebola patient arrives at the Royal Free Hospital following medical evacuation from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in London, Britain, November 5, 2026. REUTERS/Jack Taylor

British healthcare worker with Ebola to be evacuated from Congo to UK, document shows

An ambulance drives out of the Royal Free Hospital, the main centre for Ebola cases in Britain, in London, Britain, November 4, 2026, as a British healthcare worker infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is medically evacuated to Britain for specialist treatment, according to an official document seen by Reuters. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard
An ambulance drives out of the Royal Free Hospital, the main centre for Ebola cases in Britain, in London, Britain, November 4, 2026, as a British healthcare worker infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is medically evacuated to Britain for specialist treatment, according to an official document seen by Reuters. REUTERS/Toby Shepheard

Ebola survivors comfort sick children in Congo's isolation wards

Jerkis Mahamba, 29, a Congolese Ebola survivor turned caregiver, talks through the glass window of an isolation ward to Kambale Syavula Volonte, the uncle of a hospitalized child, at the Ebola Treatment Center of the Kitatumba Reference Hospital,  in Kitatumba neighborhood and medical hub in Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 28, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere
Jerkis Mahamba, 29, a Congolese Ebola survivor turned caregiver, talks through the glass window of an isolation ward to Kambale Syavula Volonte, the uncle of a hospitalized child, at the Ebola Treatment Center of the Kitatumba Reference Hospital,  in Kitatumba neighborhood and medical hub in Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 28, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola fatality rate tops 50% after hundreds of deaths added to Congo toll

The outbreak has caused 10,414 confirmed infections and 5,372 deaths, giving it a reported case-fatality ratio of 51.6%.
The outbreak has caused 10,414 confirmed infections and 5,372 deaths, giving it a reported case-fatality ratio of 51.6%.

Nigeria reports two suspected Ebola cases in northeast region

Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) prepare an ambulance for deployment for a suspected Ebola case, outside the agency's headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, October 25, 2026. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun
Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) prepare an ambulance for deployment for a suspected Ebola case, outside the agency's headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, October 25, 2026. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun

Airline groups urge US CDC to reconsider Ebola declaration requirements

Travellers arrive for health screening at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following reports of an Ebola case in Nigeria on Oct 22.
Travellers arrive for health screening at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following reports of an Ebola case in Nigeria on Oct 22.

Congo's Ebola cases surpass 10,000 as fears grow of wider African spread

FILE PHOTO: Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Protesters kill longtime nurse treating Ebola patients in Congo

Kenya releases first Ebola contacts from quarantine, milestone in containment efforts

Students walk near the National Police Service Hospital, one of the hospitals housing a unit for Ebola isolation and treatment, in Nairobi, Kenya, October 21, 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
Students walk near the National Police Service Hospital, one of the hospitals housing a unit for Ebola isolation and treatment, in Nairobi, Kenya, October 21, 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

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