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US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the decision by the US not to follow his organisation's guidelines over the hantavirus outbreak "may have risks". The WHO has recommended 42 days of isolation for those leaving

US authorities say missionary who contracted Ebola en route to Germany

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic”. The leader of the WHO’s team in the DRC said she anticipates the outbreak to last at least

Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Many experts are looking back at a 2018-2019 outbreak in Argentina for clues. In that outbreak, the virus spread among birthday party guests who were seated near each other

French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11

Dr. Xavier Lescure, an infectious disease specialist at Bichat Hospital. He said the woman is on a life-support device that pumps blood through an artificial lung, providing it with oxygen and returning

World Health Organization declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in [a statement](https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern) it "does not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency" and advised countries against closing their borders. The outbreak was first reported

Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday. There are 139 suspected deaths and almost 600 suspected cases. But "the scale of the epidemic is much larger," he said. The London-based MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease

WHO chief concerned over 'scale and speed' of Ebola outbreak

Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was "deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic," and pointed to the emergence of cases in urban areas, the deaths of healthcare workers and significant population movement

Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. A total of 146 people from 23 different countries remain aboard the MV Hondius under "strict precautionary measures", Oceanwide Expeditions said. In its latest update, the World Health

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo reach 282 as survivors describe their recoveries

Adhanom Ghebreyesus as he opened a new Ebola treatment center in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, on Sunday. "The first one came back positive, but the second and third were negative for me," Bulambulu

US doctor who contracted Ebola in the DRC flown to Germany for treatment

Dr Scott Myhre, area director for Serge [told NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/american-doctor-ebola-evacuated-germany-wife-four-children-congo-rcna345961) that Stafford “looked really tired and really sick” as he left. “There were people in full – we call it PPE – the personal

Ebola death toll in DR Congo climbs to 101

DR Congo climbs to 101 The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 101 confirmed Ebola deaths, expressing concern over armed groups hindering the response in the hardest-hit province of [Ituri.](/news/2026/5/28/who-chief-heads-to-hardest-hit-ituri-as-drcs-17th-ebola-outbreak-spreads

WHO to hold emergency committee meeting as Ebola death toll rises to 131

Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the World Health Assembly in Geneva on Tuesday. A meeting of the WHO’s Emergency Committee is scheduled for later on Tuesday to discuss the Ebola outbreak, Tedros said. An ⁠emergency committee

Argentina in spotlight over hantavirus as authorities retrace footsteps of ship’s passengers

Dr Raúl González Ittig, a biologist and professor at the National University of Córdoba, said he believed the increase was more closely linked to rodent behaviour, noting that there was a significant drought

WHO chief calls for DRC ceasefire to tackle Ebola outbreak

Adhanom Ghebreyesus [posted on social media](https://x.com/DrTedros/status/2059557343923167511) that the region was in the midst of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response”. Tedros

Attacks from residents complicate the fight against a rare type of Ebola

DR Congo Ebola cases rise amid distrust, armed conflict zone](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/24/nx-s1-5833095/drc-ebola-africa) One is the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola, with no vaccine or treatment. The other is the anger and suspicion of residents

Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories in divided US

Dr Joseph Uscinski, an associate professor of political science at the University of Miami and author of a new book on the consequences of the Black Death that killed more than one third of Europeans

US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), before even convening the committee that usually makes that determination. Officials [say](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-deaths-congo-who.html) it may last for months