The rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that Congo is battling took locals by surprise after weeks of spreading unnoticed. Hundreds of cases were suspected when Congolese authorities announced the outbreak on May 15,

Travel bans and conflict have disrupted supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving health workers without Ebola tests and protective gear needed to contain the outbreak.

The United States ​will give nearly $38 million in ‌additional funding toward its Ebola response efforts, bringing the total so far to more ​than $200 million in direct funding, ​the State Department said in a ⁠statement on Friday.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread. The U.S.

But these events also serve as a reminder that outbreaks are rarely controlled by vaccines alone. While vaccines play an important role in reducing the spread of disease, infectious disease outbreaks have historically been brought under control through a combination of public health measures,

The US CDC on Friday urged strong public health interventions against the current Ebola outbreak, citing their models that show it could otherwise rival the scale of the 2014 West Africa outbreak.

In a town at the center of eastern Congo's Ebola outbreak, some patients have arrived too late. Mongbwalu has so far been the hardest hit town, and health authorities have faced intense resistance from the population –a tent set up to serve as an Ebola treatment center was burned by the population,