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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.

France detects first Ebola case outside Africa in current outbreak

The patient confirmed to have Ebola in France is a doctor who flew back from the Democratic Republic of Congo - which is suffering a major outbreak - aboard an Air France flight, arriving in Paris on June 23.

Australia ramps up bird flu testing as Papua New Guinea blocks poultry imports after confirmed cases

Tests are under way in South Australia state after two dead sub-Antarctic seabirds and a pelican were found on June 22 near Fowlers Bay.

Construction of US-backed Ebola facility in Kenya halted, minister says

A satellite image shows tents erected at the US-backed Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base in Laikipia County, Kenya on June 22, 2026.

Late starters DR Congo eager for World Cup opener with Portugal

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - DR Congo Training - Houston Training Centre, Houston, Texas, U.S. - June 12, 2026 DR Congo's Chancel Mbemba during training IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Troy Taormina

Armed men remove woman, child from Congo Ebola clinic, authorities say

Ebola testing stalled in three Congo labs due to shortages, says WHO

A Congolese health worker arranges a hand-washing station at the entrance to the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

Kenyan police crack down on protest against US Ebola quarantine facility

Demonstrators take part in a protest on June 9 against a US-backed Ebola quarantine plan to establish a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola.

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