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‘Rare, untreatable strain’: Ebola toll mounts in eastern DR Congo
8 June 2026 | Health The top UN aid official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is in Ituri province – the epicentre of the country's Ebola outbreak – for a three-day assessment visit, as the confirmed case count reaches 515 across three eastern provinces.
Celebrating a wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses or close contact, but love lives here
For Jean Claude Érable and his bride Solange Hahati, celebrating their wedding on Saturday in such conditions meant having some family members and friends absent.
Congo’s Ebola resurgence sparks fears of a repeat of 2018’s deadly confusion in Beni
The second-biggest outbreak of Ebola in history took place in Congo’s North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri provinces, with some cases in neighboring Uganda between 2018-2020.
Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens, may be hitting hundreds more, Africa's CDC says
A new Ebola outbreak in a remote province in Congo has caused 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases so far, Africa CDC says.
EU announces €5 million boost to Ebola response in DRC
As Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo climb above 450 and fears grow of a wider regional outbreak, the European Union has announced an additional €5 million to strengthen testing and disease surveillance.
Health workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest
Health workers inside Mongbwalu, the epicenter of Congo's outbreak, say they are working with little pay or rest.
Ebola Cases May Top 20,000 in Three Months, C.D.C. Says
Still, the risk to people in the United States remains low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Friday.
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Wild conspiracy theories fuel attacks on clinics as Ebola outbreak spreads in Congo
"The people here don't believe that there is Ebola."