ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Congo’s Ebola outbreak rapidly spreading beyond epicenter, health body warns
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body
NYTIMES (Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Arlette Bashizi) - How a Driver’s Sudden Death Triggered Ebola Panic in Congo
When a truck driver unexpectedly collapsed and died in a remote village, frontline medical staff scrambled to safely isolate his body, triggering a standoff.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Congo's Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet
More than 300 people have died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, according to government data
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Ebola Crisis Escalating as Death Toll Passes 2,500.
Over 2,500 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, according to the United Nations.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has become the largest in the country’s history , with health workers facing violent attacks amid rising social unrest. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Over 2,500 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, according to the United Nations (UN). DETAIL: The most recent crisis represents the largest Ebola outbreak in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The previous largest outbreak lasted from 2018 to 2020. Roughly 160 health workers have fallen ill with Ebola, and 43 have died. In addition, over 260 attacks on health workers have been reported over the past six months, with eight being killed. The current outbreak is caused by the…Open
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Deadliest Ebola outbreak in D.R. Congo history
The latest Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, according to government data. That surpasses the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country’s history.
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Congo's Ebola surveillance system buckles as outbreak kills faster than any on record
More than 2,200 people have died in Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and health officials say the virus is outrunning the contact-tracing teams meant to contain it. Between 60 and 70 percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are turning up among people no one was watching, individuals never identified as contacts of […] The post Congo's Ebola surveillance system buckles as outbreak kills faster than any on record appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 2,200 people have died in Congo's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and health officials say the virus is outrunning the contact-tracing teams meant to contain it. Between 60 and 70 percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are turning up among people no one was watching, individuals never identified as contacts of known patients, never monitored, never flagged. That figure, reported by the Associated Press from the ground in Nizi, one of the hardest-hit health zones in Ituri province, amounts to a confession: the surveillance architecture that is supposed to be the backbone of any Ebola response has collapsed under the weight of insecurity, unpaid workers, impassable roads, and a virus that moves faster than the…Open
AI:The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing a catastrophic collapse of its public health infrastructure as an unprecedented Ebola outbreak reaches over 2,200 deaths in record time. The virus is outstripping containment efforts, with 60 to 70 percent of new cases occurring among individuals entirely missed by contact-tracing teams due to a broken surveillance system. Frontline workers are struggling without pay for months and are forced to purchase their own disinfectant, while the government cites payroll verification issues as the reason for delayed salaries. The crisis is being exacerbated by intense insecurity in eastern Congo, where rebel groups with ties to the Islamic State operate amidst displaced populations, making it nearly…Open
NYTIMES (Zane Irwin and Stephanie Nolen) - Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time
The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Ebola’s Deadly Return: Congo Faces Fastest-Growing Outbreak as Death Toll Surpasses 1,500
The outbreak declared May 15 Published July 30 , 2026 ITURI, Democratic Republic of Congo — A rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has become the fastest-growing Ebola crisis in the [...]
NYTIMES (Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Stuart Tibaweswa) - 20 Years After Its Own Outbreak, an Ugandan Town Beats Back Ebola
The Bundibugyo Ebola virus takes its name from this small town, where it was first discovered in 2007. Now, the species has returned to eastern Congo, halting life on a busy border.
ABCNEWS - More workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths
Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo have gone on strike over payment issues, disrupting patient care