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

Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began -- and the U.S. response ![A border health officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo checks a traveler's temperature using

Ebola, hantavirus: Is the world prepared for the next pandemic?

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

Infectious diseases such as hantavirus and Ebola becoming more frequent and damaging, say experts

2026. Photograph: AP The two outbreaks “are just the latest crises in our troubled world”, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the opening of the UN agency’s World [Health](https://www.theguardian.com/society/health) Assembly

A new Ebola outbreak has already killed 87 people

2026. **Constant Same Bagalwa/AP** Constant Same Bagalwa/AP Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are concerned about an Ebola outbreak in the country's Ituri province. There are already hundreds of suspected cases

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

2026. **Constant Same Bagalwa/AP** Constant Same Bagalwa/AP The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. However