Ebola

Ebola outbreak expands in eastern Congo as contact tracing deteriorates amid attacks on burial teams

The outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, has become one of the most complex Ebola epidemics in recent years.

US to re-engage with Gavi vaccine alliance amid Ebola outbreak, Rubio says

Gavi's budget took a hit last June, when US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr said that the US would no longer provide any funding.

Uganda health ministry confirms six new cases of Ebola

People walk past an advocacy poster against the spread of Ebola virus, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo Virus at the Platinum Medical Centre in Kampala, Uganda May 26, 2026. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

WHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds are ruled out

Health workers fighting the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo get dressed in personal protective equipment.

Congo reopens airport at centre of Ebola outbreak

FILE PHOTO: Health workers get dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Protests over US Ebola site in Kenya kill two, court keeps block

Demonstrators participate during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026. REUTERS/John Muchucha

Health officials oppose US plan to treat Ebola-exposed Americans overseas

A demonstrator holds a Kenyan flag during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026. REUTERS/John Muchucha

Brazil authorities say two suspected Ebola cases tested negative

WHO chief wraps up visit to Ebola-hit Congo, briefs president on response

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tours the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM), one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak during his visit to coordinate the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Moderna and other groups get $76.8 million to develop Ebola vaccine

The funding also would support manufacturing and progression to later-stage trials if early data are positive, Moderna said.

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