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US aid workers isolate at Kenya Ebola facility despite court ban

A satellite image shows tents erected at the US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base in Kenya on June 22.

WHO says it has less than half funding needed to fight Ebola

At least 1,926 people have been infected and 702 have died from the Bundibuyo outbreak.

US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola

FILE PHOTO: A doctor wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stands near an ambulance at the Ebola Virus Disease Treatment Center at the Bunia General Reference Hospital in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 15, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Oxford University begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine

Medical workers disinfect their equipment at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 16.

Australia confirms first H5N1 bird flu case in local seabird

Laboratory testing by Australia’s national science agency confirmed the case in a greater crested tern found in the South Australian coastal town of Robe.

France Ebola patient recovers: Minister

Healthcare workers carry on a stretcher a patient suffering from the Ebola virus disease from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP)

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Trump seeks more than $1.4 billion in Ebola funding from Congress

Medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfect and wash their hands at an Ebola treatment centre during a ceremony to present recovery certificates to patients at the Rwambara General Reference Hospital in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Trump to seek more than $1.4 billion in Ebola funding from Congress

Medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfect and wash their hands at an Ebola treatment centre during a ceremony to present recovery certificates to patients at the Rwambara General Reference Hospital in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Global Ebola risk ‘remains low’, WHO chief says, after case confirmed in France

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned against “over-reaction” to a case in France, in which a doctor who got off a flight in Paris on June 23 was confirmed to have Ebola.

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