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US doctor isolated in Czech hospital for Ebola monitoring released, heading home

FILE PHOTO: A health worker stands next to an ambulance, believed to be carrying a U.S. doctor who is being transferred from Uganda to the Faculty Hospital Bulovka after he came into contact with a patient infected with Ebola, at the hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, May 21, 2026 REUTERS/Eva Korinkova/File Photo

WHO's Tedros says Uganda should reconsider Congo border closure over Ebola

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, talks to Ugandan medical workers during his visit at the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo Virus, in Mulago suburb, of Kampala, Uganda June 8, 2026. REUTERS/ Abubaker Lubowa

Nearly 500 confirmed cases in Central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHO

In its daily update, the WHO tallied a total of 471 cases and 84 deaths, a hike of 100 cases and 20 deaths from a day earlier.

WHO says Ebola response catching up as confirmed DRC cases hit 344

A member of the Uganda Red Cross checking the temperature of a parishioner attending a mass on June 3 at the Basilica of the Uganda Martyr near Kampala, Uganda.

Uganda health ministry confirms six new cases of Ebola

People walk past an advocacy poster against the spread of Ebola virus, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo Virus at the Platinum Medical Centre in Kampala, Uganda May 26, 2026. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

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.

One of two patients with Ebola-like symptoms tests negative in Brazil

The man was placed in isolation at the Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Diseases in Sao Paulo.

Congo and Uganda report 263 confirmed Ebola cases with 43 deaths

Health workers get dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Congo expands Ebola testing as outbreak’s real scale eludes officials

Irenge Biringanine Prince, a community leader is dressed in protective equipment as she raises awareness among traders at the Alanine market about Ebola prevention and awareness measures in Goma, on May 29, 2026.

Zambia says two suspected Ebola cases test negative, steps up screening

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