Outbreaks and epidemics

WHO announces $668 million six-month plan to fight Ebola

So far there have been 381 confirmed cases in Congo and 62 confirmed deaths, according to Africa CDC.

Ebola burial team attacked, 11 patients flee care in widening outbreak in Congo

Health workers wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to transport the body of an Ebola victim for a safe burial in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 23.

WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds are ruled out

Health workers fighting the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo get dressed in personal protective equipment.

WHO identifies Ebola treatments, vaccines to be tested in trials amid outbreak

There are currently no approved vaccines or therapies specifically for the Bundibugyo virus disease, the WHO said.

US to quarantine citizens exposed to Ebola in Kenya, not bring them home

The facility, located at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya, is for high-risk Americans who have been exposed to the virus but are still asymptomatic.

Ebola outruns containment as Congo faces ‘catastrophic collision’ of disease and war

Red Cross workers being sprayed with disinfectant during the evacuation of the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Uganda on May 26.

Thailand mandates 21-day Ebola quarantine for Congo, Uganda arrivals

Red Cross workers retrieve the body of a man who died of Ebola in Ituri province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

WHO urges Democratic Republic of Congo’s neighbours to act immediately on Ebola risk

Health workers disinfecting a public market in Bunia, as part of the response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 23.

WHO chief says suspected Ebola deaths at 220 and ‘epidemic is outpacing us’

FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, April 29, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Containing Ebola is hard. The US made it worse

A health worker screening visitors to the Kyeshero Hospital in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 18 as part of Ebola prevention measures.

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