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A health worker in protective equipment during the Ebola response in eastern DR Congo. Credit: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters.

France Confirms First Ebola Case as Congo Outbreak Outpaces Response

A returning aid doctor tested positive in France. The public-health answer to the obvious question is reassuring; the picture inside Congo is not.

Health  · 25 Jun 2026, 09:32  · Sara Lindqvist
Health workers check personal protective equipment during an Ebola response (illustrative).

Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes largest ever of Bundibugyo strain

With 782 confirmed cases and 181 deaths reported by June 14, Congo's Ebola outbreak is now the largest caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a strain with no licensed vaccine or treatment.

Health  · 16 Jun 2026, 18:47  · Sara Lindqvist