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‘Walking Ebola’ helps explain why Congo’s outbreak is so hard to stop – and how to treat it

Deaths have almost doubled in July and more than 90 per cent of confirmed fatalities are occurring before patients reach treatment centres.

Up to 45% of dementia risk can be prevented, delayed: WHO

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UN warns of cracks in global immunisation system

An estimated 13.5 million so-called zero-dose children did not receive a single shot in their first year during 2025.

Ebola deaths double in two weeks as WHO warns virus is outrunning response

A doctor provides care to a patient with Ebola virus disease at the Rwampara Ebola Treatment Centre in Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC Ebola outbreak two to four times bigger than official scale: WHO

According to the latest official figures, the haemorrhagic fever has infected more than 1,960 people and killed over 700 since it was detected two months ago.

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.

Intense sand and dust storms struck China, US in 2025: UN

The UN’s weather and climate agency said these episodes affected public health and the environment, and disrupted transport and economic activity.

Jolted by Ebola, countries try again to finish pandemic treaty

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a reminder that the next pandemic threat could spring up from anywhere, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Experimental Ebola trial begins in Congo as death toll tops 500

The outbreak has infected almost 1,600 people in Congo and neighbouring Uganda.

WHO declares cruise ship-linked hantavirus outbreak over

(FILES) The Dutch Hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius arrives to dock at the port of Rotterdam on May 18, 2026. The UN health agency on July 2, 2026 declared an end to the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship which sparked international alarm, after the last person left quarantine. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference he was "very pleased to say that WHO considers the outbreak of hantavirus over". (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)

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