The last patient treated for Ebola in Uganda has been discharged from hospital, leaving the country with no confirmed active cases of the deadly disease. At a memorial ceremony, Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi described it as “a moment of joy.” The first case of this outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of the virus in Uganda
A health worker at the Evangelical Medical Center, in Bunia, eastern Congo, on Friday, July 3, 2026, where Ebola clinical trials are scheduled. Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP hide title toggle title Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo arise from unknown chains of transmission, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, a
The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is one of the largest on record, with more than 1,700 cases confirmed since April. Dozens of governments and health organizations are supporting the public health response caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola virus. Their approaches reveal how global health
Health workers interact at the Evangelical Medical Center, in Bunia, eastern Congo, on Friday, July 3, 2026, where Ebola clinical trials are planned to take place. Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP hide title toggle title Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP KINSHASA, Congo — New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of Congo, the government said
A health worker takes a woman’s temperature as part of Ebola screening efforts in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. As part of the effort to quell the outbreak, the first patients have been enrolled in a clinical trial to test two drugs against the Bundibugyo strain of the virus that is spreading there. Additionally,
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began in May, although transmission had not been detected for some time. The situation has been declared a public health emergency by the WHO, which says there have been 1,460 confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 150 suspected cases and