The fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo came to the world’s attention only a little more than a week ago and is already the third-largest on record. But it’s the 17th outbreak the country has dealt with since the virus was discovered there in 1976.

WHO experts warn that caregivers, family members, and frontline health workers face the highest risk of Ebola infection due to close contact with patients and bodily fluids. Here's how the virus spreads,

Brazil is monitoring two patients for possible Ebola infection, officials said, prompting further concern of the deadly virus outbreak in central Africa spreading abroad.

Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya -- speaking from the epicenter of the outbreak in Bunia in the DRC's northeastern Ituri province -- said on Friday that the country has experience dealing with many previous Ebola outbreaks and is equipped to get this outbreak under control.

Aid workers in Uganda are watching the Ebola crisis unfold in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. They're doing what they can to prepare for an uptick in cases, but foreign aid cuts aren't helping.

By the second week of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo it was already clear that containing the spread of the haemorrhagic disease was proving to be difficult. On 17 May 2026,

China will send ​a team ‌of medical specialists to the ​Democratic Republic ​of Congo to ⁠assist with ​the region's Ebola outbreak, foreign ​ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on ​Monday.

The summer travel season is opening against an unusually crowded backdrop of infectious‑disease concerns.

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