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Key supplies, equipment and operational support are no longer reaching responders at the scale needed, they said. A doctor prepares to treat Ebola patients in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 13. Benediction Murhabazi / AFP via Getty Images file Aug. 3, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT Dr. Sam Mbalivula has already lost one

Thursday 06 August 2026 - 07:23am JOHANNESBURG - The World Health Organisation warns the Ebola outbreak in DRC is spreading faster. Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus says new infections have doubled over the past week. READ: WHO pleads for more support to tackle Ebola outbreak The country has confirmed nearly 3,900 cases and over 1,700 deaths, since

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 500 people have died out of over 1,500 confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, authorities said, as frontline workers threatened to go on strike on Monday over unpaid benefits and poor working conditions. The outbreak has recorded 1,561 cases, including 506 deaths, since it was declared on May 15

In just 10 days over the summer of 1854, 500 people died of cholera in the Soho neighborhood of London. The city’s population had more than doubled to 2.3 million people in the first half of the 1800s, and its sewage system could not keep up...

WHO workers in Kenya pack essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 18, 2026. World Health Organization/Handout/Reuters Saudi authorities on Thursday announced the suspension of travel and entry from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan as a precautionary measure to

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to federal health agencies have become a political liability after a deadly outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship and the spread of an even more fearsome disease, Ebola, in Africa. At least that’s the way many Democrats see it. They have seized on the situation to charge that the

The first half of 2026 has been marked by three different disease outbreaks: Ebola, hantavirus and, in Australia, diphtheria. Each has exposed vulnerabilities in how we detect, communicate and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. Each of these outbreaks has its unique challenges. But a common thread has been distrust in health care or a lack

KINSHASA, June 14 - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 782 after 72 new cases were documented in 24 hours, one of the biggest single-day jumps during the ongoing outbreak, government data showed on Sunday. The confirmed Ebola cases include 181 deaths, according to the government's latest