Ebola returns: How to fight outbreak amid defunding of global health?
• May 21, 2026, 8:05 AM
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Can border walls keep out pandemics? The World Health Organization is officially branding the Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo a "public health emergency of international concern". As the death toll from the rare strain climbs, so does the number of contact cases. Ituri province may seem remote on a map, but nowhere's very far in a globalised world.
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Ebola epidemic in DR Congo is spreading 18 times faster than deadliest outbreak on record
• 10:06 AM
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More than 2,500 people have already died in the Ebola epidemic currently gripping the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN coordinator for the outbreak has warned that the virus is spreading exponentially – adding that an existing pool of funds is set to
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DR Congo receives Ebola vaccines in face of 'exponential' outbreak
• 12:47 AM
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of an Ebola vaccine, as authorities step up efforts against the ongoing outbreak. More than 2,500 people have already died and health officials from the WHO are warning this epidemic co
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