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U.S. passengers flying from Ebola-affected countries rerouted

DRC and Uganda, have been hit by a growing Ebola outbreak, which the World Health Organization declared a [public health emergency of international concern](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) on May 17. Already, there are 800 suspected

WHO raises Ebola public health risk to ‘very high’ in DR Congo

DRC has had relatively little global attention compared with this month’s hantavirus outbreak, which affected cruise ship passengers from 23 countries, including wealthy Western nations. “You just need one contact case

Ebola risk raised to 'very high' in DR Congo

DRC, with seven confirmed deaths". Tedros added the situation in neighbouring Uganda - where they have been two confirmed cases of the Bundibugyo species and one death - was "stable" with both cases from people who travelled

Spread of Ebola in DRC ‘outpacing’ response efforts, warns WHO

relatives of a religious leader who died of Ebola. Seven other patients escaped and Congolese police and soldiers had to intervene to restore order. A suspected patient who was in critical condition with haemorrhaging died

Attacks on Ebola centres intensify in eastern DRC amid outbreak fears

Uganda On Thursday, the Rwampara health centre was stormed by a group of angry residents demanding the bodies of relatives who had died from Ebola, according to local sources. The incident was also confirmed

White House pauses removal of detainees to the DRC as Ebola outbreak widens

DRC, Uganda and South Sudan would be diverted to the Washington-Dulles international airport for screening. “The US is putting in place travel measures to limit risk,” said Satish Pillai, the CDC’s Ebola response

This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began -- and the U.S. response

Uganda to declaring it an international public health emergency two days later. By that time, the toll was notable. More than 200 people had been infected, and more than 80had died before the disease

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

cases](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/16/outbreak-of-rare-strain-of-ebola-claims-at-least-65-lives-in-dr-congo). The WHO chief said on Tuesday that he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic”, which has already started spreading into Uganda. “Early on Sunday, I declared a public

COVID is shaping Americans' reaction to Ebola and hantavirus

relative contagiousness of viruses according to their R0 value. Ebola is on the low end of the scale. Measles is at the high end.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/728x728+229+324/resize/100/quality/85/format/png/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F43%2Fb8%2Fb575643c43a2b63f61765027d4c6%2Fpromo-contagiousness-20260519.png)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5826910/ebola-outbreak-africa-risks) ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [A rare Ebola

‘Every health facility said they were full’: alarm over rapid spread of Ebola in DRC

Uganda](https://www.theguardian.com/world/uganda), on several villages near the town of Mambasa, in Ituri. “We are facing a double war: one of weapons and another of the disease outbreak,” said Zawadi Jeanne, a woman from

DR Congo seek World Cup ticket refunds after Ebola outbreak

related travel restrictions.** The Leopards are returning to football's biggest stage for the first time since 1974, but the public health emergency declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 16 May is threatening

How contagious is Ebola? And how worried should you be about the current outbreak?

related viruses in Kenya for several years. The leading guess, he says, is that people get Ebola from eating bat meat or being exposed to bat guano – or excrement. This could happen when miners