A Médecins Sans Frontières staff member working on the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo has contracted the Ebola Bundibugyo virus and is being evacuated to the Netherlands for treatment during the country's largest-ever outbreak.
The Ebola outbreak in Congo's North Kivu province has overwhelmed health facilities, with all 29 beds full at the Kitatumba treatment center. Mistrust is fueling the deadly hotspot even as the virus shows signs of easing elsewhere.
The State Department announced an additional $267 million toward fighting the Ebola outbreak in central Africa as health authorities battle to control the deadly virus. WHO reports Congo is running short of health workers as the outbreak remains uncontrolled.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, which has exceeded 7,000 cases in the country's worst epidemic ever, is showing early signs of slowing according to Congolese authorities. However, UN officials warn the outbreak remains massive and it is too early to declare it has peaked.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's record-breaking Ebola outbreak has exceeded 7,000 confirmed cases and spread to Sud-Ubangi, a seventh province in the northwest, after a 23-year-old patient traveled through Rwanda and Uganda. The outbreak, described as the world's fastest-growing on record, shows no signs of slowing and threatens neighboring countries.
The World Health Organization reports that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is outpacing containment efforts, even as some metrics like case growth and transmission rates show improvement. Burial teams in Ituri, the epicenter of what's described as history's deadliest Ebola outbreak, face community anger and fatigue while major gaps persist in contact tracing, testing, and safe burial coverage.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak is overwhelming response efforts despite international funding, vaccines, and treatment centers. Health workers are going unpaid, leading to lapses in safety protocols, while community resistance and the outbreak's rapid spread threaten to turn it into a global pandemic.
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 2,300 deaths and nearly 5,000 cases, making it the deadliest in the country's history. Mobile gold miners, including children, are complicating containment efforts as they move between mining sites, spreading the virus to new areas before health workers can track and treat infections.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province, with health authorities reporting over 2,100 deaths out of approximately 4,566 cases. The outbreak is the fastest-growing on record, with transmission accelerated by rebel conflict, poor infrastructure, and healthcare system challenges.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has reached 2,011 confirmed deaths among 4,381 cases across five provinces, with the second 1,000 deaths occurring in just three weeks. Health officials warn the outbreak spread undetected for months and continues to outpace response efforts, with workers struggling to reach remote areas and many going unpaid.
Congolese health authorities intercepted the Yingfeng 2 river boat on the Congo River near Kinshasa and placed hundreds of passengers under quarantine after a passenger who had disembarked earlier died from suspected Ebola. Screening is underway for all passengers and crew.
The United States announced $242 million in additional funding to combat the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing total US financial commitment to approximately $512 million. The outbreak, described as spreading at an "exceptional pace," is now the second-largest ever recorded.
Moderna has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial in Canada of mRNA-1469, an experimental vaccine targeting Bundibugyo ebolavirus, a strain of Ebola that has killed over 1,650 people and currently has no approved vaccine. Health Canada has authorized the trial and the first participants have already been vaccinated.
Maternal mortality rates have doubled in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as pregnant women avoid healthcare facilities due to fear and misinformation about the country's worst-ever Ebola outbreak, which has recorded over 3,600 cases as of late July 2026.
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,700 people with 3,802 confirmed cases, making it the fastest-growing outbreak on record. The WHO is accelerating vaccine trials as the crisis overwhelms response efforts.
Hilleman Laboratories, a Singapore-based partnership between Merck and Wellcome, is preparing to produce doses of an experimental vaccine targeting the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola amid a fast-spreading outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's current Ebola outbreak has surged to 3,262 confirmed cases with 1,405 deaths in just 10 weeks, nearly matching the 2018-2020 outbreak that was the country's largest ever. The virus has spread across five provinces at record speed, with cases increasing by 1,000 in just 10 days.
Oxford University researchers administered the first dose of a rapidly developed vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola to a UK volunteer, as the deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed over 1,000 people. Separate studies suggest existing Ebola vaccines may offer some cross-protection against this rare strain.
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,000 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with confirmed cases approaching 3,000. Health workers are striking over payment issues while medics struggle to contain the outbreak amid militant violence, attacks on clinics, and lack of approved vaccines or treatments.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 999 people in what officials describe as the fastest-growing outbreak on record, with dozens of attacks on health workers hampering response efforts and threatening to increase the death toll.
Seven American aid workers who were fighting the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are now quarantining at an isolation facility in Kenya after US government travel restrictions prevented their return home. According to Samaritan's Purse CEO Franklin Graham, none of the workers are showing symptoms.
An angry crowd, including relatives of a patient who died after being denied a blood transfusion, attacked Nyakunde Hospital in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing Ebola patients and health workers to flee. The attackers threw stones and damaged the facility's perimeter fence in the latest incident hampering efforts to contain the deadly outbreak.
Healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri province have gone on strike over unpaid wages as the country battles an escalating Ebola outbreak that has now exceeded 2,000 confirmed cases and resulted in 754 deaths.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has expanded to two more northeastern provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, according to the country's public health institute. The outbreak is being described as the fastest-growing in history, with at least one infected patient being treated in Germany.
The Trump administration announced it is preventing American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling directly to the U.S. on commercial flights, requiring them to spend 21 days elsewhere first. The decision follows an Ebola outbreak that has caused at least 1,830 confirmed cases and 648 deaths in Congo, including one confirmed case involving a U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization.
Four out of five new Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, according to WHO officials, while Africa's top public health agency describes it as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record with response efforts unable to keep pace.
Lawyers say migrants deported from the United States were placed in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea alongside a suspected Ebola patient, raising concerns about potential disease exposure and inadequate quarantine protocols.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has claimed 600 lives, with new suspected cases now reported in the provinces of Tshopo and Haut-Uele, indicating the disease is spreading beyond its epicenter in Ituri province.
Healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have gone on strike to protest delayed payments, threatening containment efforts as the Ebola outbreak reaches 1,708 cases with nearly 600 deaths. The World Health Organization says the outbreak is outpacing containment measures.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's 17th Ebola epidemic has now claimed at least 506 lives out of 1,561 confirmed cases, according to health officials. The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, for which no vaccine or approved treatment currently exists, and frontline health workers are threatening to strike.
Scientists have initiated a study on Ebola treatments in response to a worsening outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The research effort comes as health authorities work to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
The United Nations has warned that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has infected 1,307 people and killed 377 since May, could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion and result in massive job losses across the continent.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention issued an urgent appeal for $18 million to support experimental Ebola treatment trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo, warning that delays could jeopardize containment efforts as the Bundibugyo outbreak spreads to a fourth province.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has banned public demonstrations and mass gatherings in Kinshasa and other areas far from the country's Ebola outbreak, prompting opposition and civil society groups to protest that the measure is being used to limit political dissent rather than contain the disease.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing the world's largest recorded Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, with 1,274 confirmed cases including 360 deaths and 96 healthcare workers infected. The outbreak has now spread across 35 health zones in Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces, with cases also reported in Uganda.
An Ebola outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 1,203 confirmed cases with 321 deaths, and has spread to Uganda. Researchers warn of a nearly 70% probability of cross-border transmission to South Sudan within 12 weeks, while aid organizations attribute the outbreak's severity to decades of infrastructure and development failures in the region.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that funding needed to combat the continent's Ebola outbreak has tripled to $1.4 billion, while the Trump administration simultaneously seeks matching funds from Congress amid concerns over delayed foreign aid spending.
The United States has supplied doses of an experimental antibody drug from Mapp Biopharmaceutical to support clinical trials addressing the expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a Health Department spokesperson.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's current Ebola outbreak has reached 1,048 confirmed cases and 267 deaths in its first month, marking the largest number of cases within the initial month of any Ebola outbreak on record. WHO officials attribute the rapid spread to the virus reaching urban areas quickly.
Kenya's High Court has found Health Minister Aden Duale guilty of contempt for continuing construction of an Ebola quarantine facility intended for American nationals despite existing court orders to halt the project.
The head of Africa's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could become the worst in history, with 837 confirmed cases including 196 deaths and tens of thousands of contacts of infected individuals remaining untraced.
One month after confirmation, the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 837 confirmed cases and 196 deaths, with health officials warning it could become the worst in history. The true scale remains uncertain due to data gaps and community resistance hampering response efforts.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reported 101 confirmed Ebola deaths out of approximately 550 cases less than a month after declaring an outbreak in the eastern region. Armed groups, attacks on health workers, and local skepticism continue to severely challenge containment efforts.
The U.S. State Department announced nearly $38 million in additional funding for Ebola response efforts, bringing total direct U.S. funding to over $200 million as Congo reports rapid community spread with 71 new confirmed cases.
World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo to support efforts against an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus. The WHO reports the outbreak has a death rate between 30% and 50%, though officials say it can be stopped.
The World Health Organization chief called for a ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to contain the Ebola outbreak, stating that ongoing fighting is driving more cases. Multiple countries have tightened travel rules in response to the rising risk.
Ugandan authorities ordered closure of the border with Democratic Republic of Congo amid a worsening Ebola outbreak, as WHO chief warned the conflict in eastern DRC is creating a 'catastrophic collision' of disease and war that hampers containment efforts.
Health teams are struggling to trace thousands of potentially exposed individuals as the Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads rapidly, with experts warning the outbreak went undetected for weeks. Community mistrust and attacks on health workers are hindering response efforts.
Cases of Ebola are rising in the Democratic Republic of Congo as health workers face challenges from ongoing armed conflict in the region and distrust among local communities. Red Cross workers have been conducting burials of Ebola victims in Rwampara as the outbreak continues.
Three Red Cross volunteers have died from Ebola in Uganda as the outbreak continues to spread, with cases rising. The U.S. has implemented enhanced screening at airports for travelers from affected regions, though no cases have been reported in the U.S. to date.
A fast-moving outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has exceeded 1,000 suspected cases with over 220 deaths, prompting the World Health Organization to warn that the virus is spreading faster than public health workers can respond. The outbreak, which has also affected Uganda, is complicated by armed conflict and community distrust in the region.
The World Health Organization defended its response to the Congo Ebola outbreak after Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized the agency as being 'a little late,' with WHO noting that national authorities are responsible for initial outbreak detection.
