This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Suspected Ebola cases in eastern Congo have climbed past 900, with at least 119 deaths, as the World Health ...

The resurgence of Ebola in central Africa is prompting international concern, with health officials issuing urgent warnings and travel restrictions as an outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain ...

Hélène Akilimali says she’s taking every precaution against contracting Ebola, including always wearing a face mask in public. But her work as a cocoa seller in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A hospital director in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the ...

Samaritan’s Purse will is be helping with Ebola relief. The Boone-based international Christian relief organization will airlift an Ebola Treatment Center and personal protective equipment to the ...

On 17 May 2026, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. This is its highest level of global health alert. It is mostly reserved for an ...

An outbreak of a rare strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is already the third largest in history, just weeks after it likely began. It is spreading rapidly in one of the most volatile ...

The Ebola outbreak erupting from the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to escalate wildly, with cases nearing 750, deaths reported at 177, and around 1,400 contacts now ...

Uganda has effectively closed its border with neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempt to check the spread of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. Uganda suspended flights to and from ...

An Ebola epidemic in Central Africa has been declared a "public health emergency of international concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO). As of May 22, over 800 Ebola cases have been reported ...

The outbreak started in a small village near the border of South Sudan. The village, like many in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was a mining town — transient workers coming in and out, traveling ...