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18 resultsfor “current Ebola cases in DR Congo”

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At least six Americans exposed to Ebola in DR Congo, US media report

DR Congo as an international emergency, with 336 suspected cases and 88 deaths reported. The current strain of Ebola

BBC NewsMay 18
Health

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a global health emergency

Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province a public health emergency of international concern. The agency added that the outbreak, with around 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths reported, does

BBC NewsMay 17
Health

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

current outbreak? The number of Ebola cases has been growing – and growing by a lot — each day since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than

NPR Topics: NewsMay 20
Health

'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads

case], or someone else may have been sick before him, but no one reported it." He added: "We really need to look within the community to understand what happened - how people became ill and sometimes

BBC NewsMay 19
Health

UK scientists developing new Ebola vaccine that could be ready in months

case scenario - hopefully contact tracing and quarantine is all that's needed, but we can't take our foot off the gas." This current Ebola outbreak is challenging because it is caused by a rare

BBC NewsMay 22
Health

Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ebola, for which vaccines are available. However, Africa CDC said early testing suggested the current outbreak was a different type, with fuller genetic sequencing results due within 24 hours. The health watchdog said

The Guardian WorldMay 15
Health

What is Ebola and why is stopping this outbreak so difficult?

DR Congo's biggest city, Goma, which has a population of around 850,000 people and is under rebel control. In Goma, the confirmed case involved a woman who had travelled to the city after

BBC NewsMay 18
Health

US-bound plane diverts to Canada after person from Ebola-hit region boards 'in error'

Ebola in the outbreak in central Africa, with more than 600 suspected cases identified. Officials did not specify if the passenger was showing symptoms of the virus or when the person was last in DR

BBC NewsMay 21
Health

Ebola risk raised to 'very high' in DR Congo

current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been increased from "high" to "very high" by the World Health Organization (WHO). In an update on Friday, the WHO's head Dr Tedros Adhanom

BBC NewsMay 22
Health

'Speed, money and compassion' - lessons from an Ebola survivor and other experts

current outbreak has no known cure. "If you're going to tell the community that listens to the radio that Ebola has no cure," he says, people who fall sick will not bother to seek

BBC NewsYesterday
Health

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

DR Congo The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded the public health risk of the [Ebola](/news/2026/5/20/who-says-600-cases-139-suspected-deaths-in-growing-ebola-outbreak) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from high to “very high” as the deadly outbreak continues

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 22
Health

How worrying is the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo?

Congo is concerning. It has been spreading for weeks undetected in a part of the world where civil war makes getting on top of the virus difficult, and the species of Ebola involved is rare

BBC NewsMay 17
Health

US authorities say missionary who contracted Ebola en route to Germany

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

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 19
Health

COVID is shaping Americans' reaction to Ebola and hantavirus

current response in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement to [NPR on Monday](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122655/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-uganda), the State Department said it was "false to claim that the USAID reform has negatively impacted

NPR Topics: NewsMay 21
Politics

India-Africa summit postponed as Ebola spreads to M23-held DR Congo area

DR Congo’s South Kivu province, an area controlled by the [Rwanda-backed M23 rebels](/news/2022/8/4/rwanda-backing-m23-rebels-in-drc-un-experts), the group’s spokesman said on Thursday. Efforts to stop the latest outbreak of the deadly disease, which

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 21
Health

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

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 19
Health

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

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

NPR Topics: NewsYesterday
Health

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

Congo (DRC), with two cases and one death in Uganda and potential spread to neighboring South Sudan. The outbreak “might have been going on for a few months”, said Kristian Andersen, a professor of immunology

The Guardian WorldMay 21