On May 15, 2026, the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new Ebola virus disease outbreak in Ituri Province, affecting three health ...

The epicenter of the Ebola outbreak is in Mongbwalu, a poor gold-mining town of 130,000 people, in Ituri province, in eastern ...

KINSHASA/BUNIA, May 28 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization was travelling to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday where an Ebola outbreak, the third largest on record, is ...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said fighting in DR Congo was hampering efforts to stop spread ...

By Rhea Rose Abraham May 31 (Reuters) - Four nurses who were being treated for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus have been discharged from a hospital in Bunia in the Democratic ...

On May 15, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease has ...

Johannesburg — For weeks it was dubbed simply "Disease X." But the mysterious flu-like disease that has killed more than 143 people — mainly women and young children — in the Democratic Republic of ...

WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC.

May 15 (UPI) --The Democratic Republic of Congo declared an Ebola outbreak on Friday as 65 people have died from the disease in the country's eastern region. There have been about 246 cases reported, ...

(Corrects day of week in lede to Sunday not Saturday) May 27 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Sunday, May 17, ...

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 50 percent and no approved vaccine as yet.