{"id":930763,"date":"2026-08-30T11:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-accelerates-as-experts-say-trump-and-musks-aid-cuts-hamper-response\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T11:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:17:15","slug":"ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-accelerates-as-experts-say-trump-and-musks-aid-cuts-hamper-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/30\/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-accelerates-as-experts-say-trump-and-musks-aid-cuts-hamper-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola outbreak in DR Congo accelerates as experts say Trump and Musk\u2019s aid cuts hamper response"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Key supplies, equipment and operational support are no longer reaching responders at the scale needed, they said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Sam Mbalivula has already lost one of his clinic\u2019s nurses to Ebola. From his practice in Bunia, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo\u2019s northeastern Ituri province<\/a>, he has watched the virus tear through the epicenter of the country\u2019s worst outbreak in years<\/a>. Five of his fellow healthcare workers and friends in the city have also died, he told NBC News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":930764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23228,22340],"tags":[14228,7056],"class_list":["post-930763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ebola","category-outbreak","tag-ebola","tag-outbreak"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}