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Ebola species. The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic Congo is being caused by a species that does not have a vaccine developed for it yet. Prof Andy Pollard, the director of the Oxford Vaccine
Ebola that lacks an approved vaccine or treatment. - 🎧 **Chaos and weak infrastructure in eastern Congo are complicating the outbreak** amid extreme violence, reporter Emmet Livingstone says. Four different national armies are fighting on the ground
Ebola preparedness efforts. However, few details regarding the planned centre have been released. Health Minister Aden Duale said on Saturday that the agreement was part of a wider push to strengthen emergency response systems, adding
Congo and Uganda. Many researchers think the approved vaccine, called Ervebo, won't work very well against the rarer Bundibugyo species, for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments. This week, a pair
Congo](https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo) poses a “very high” risk to the country, the World Health Organization said on Friday, revising its threat assessment upwards. The outbreak is spreading rapidly, WHO leaders said, with almost
Congo](https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo) (DRC) during a spiraling [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) outbreak, according to [reporting](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/21/trump-administration-temporarily-pauses-deportation-flights-to-congo-amid-ebola-outbreak-00932722) by Politico, but experts say the move won’t help prevent the spread of the disease
Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “public health emergency of international concern”, setting off alarm bells around the world. The WHO’s announcement on Sunday came
Congo is home to several hundred mountain gorillas -- about a third of the population.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2832x2832+712+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F10%2Ffa%2Ffda426024c5abb5dc2efb1cb0bba%2Fgettyimages-1247575463.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/06/g-s1-126287/ebola-gorillas-democratic-republic-congo) ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [A park famed for rare gorillas gears up to fight Ebola and protect
responsible for more recent epidemics, such as the West Africa epidemic of 2014-2016 and the DRC outbreak that occurred between 2018 and 2020. There are two vaccines for Zaire Ebola, the most lethal strain
response to the ongoing Ebola epidemic.” The team includes field epidemiologists, as well as specialists in data collection, risk communication, and community mobilisation. The DRC has seen an average of one Ebola outbreak every three
Congo in an attempt to contain an Ebola outbreak. The decision was taken by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which has banned all air traffic in and out of Bunia, the capital of Ituri
Ebola](/news/articles/c3022rd2er4o) in central and East Africa, and 223 suspected deaths, since the outbreak was declared. The vast majority of those cases and fatalities have been in DR Congo, and the US embassy
response to this growing crisis.” Phelan addded.  A passenger of the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak
Congo (DRC) in the past 21 days must fly into IAD, an airport in a Virginia suburb of Washington, DC. Two additional U.S. airport [options were added](https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/announcements/modification-list-designated-airports-regarding-arrival-restrictions) Friday evening: the Hartsfield-Jackson
Congo (DRC) is being transported to Germany for treatment. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday that the patient would be treated at Charite University Hospital in Berlin following
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “It is in our shared interest to have a rules-based international order and to find ways to reduce rising geoeconomic tensions,” the foreign secretary said
Ebola, which has caused two outbreaks in recent decades. [Health](https://www.theguardian.com/society/health) leaders and scientists are now racing to understand where the virus is spreading and attempting to stop
responsible for much of the security operation at the tournament - was "essential" after a man was charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at an event in Washington DC. A dispute over funding between members
Congo’s northern Kivu province, was the setting for the largest Ebola outbreak the country had seen. The complexities of the crisis were not confined to the ravages of the virus itself – they were [intensified
Congo (DRC). The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the continent’s top public health body, said on Friday that it has recorded 246 suspected Ebola cases and 65 deaths in the Ituri