The rare type of Ebola, known as Bundibugyo virus, spread undetected for weeks following the first known death while authorities tested for another virus. | World News

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More than 300 suspected cases and 88 suspected deaths have so far been reported, primarily in Congo but also in neighboring Uganda.

Strain of virus, suspected to have killed around 80 people in recent weeks, has no approved vaccine

The virus behind the latest Ebola outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, which is less common and there is no vaccine or treatment.

The species of Ebola virus causing an outbreak in Congo that has killed nearly 120 people is less common than other Ebola viruses, which is complicating the response because there…

A rare Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC's Ituri province has spread to Uganda. With no approved vaccine or treatment, health officials are monitoring the cross-border spread of…

Health officials are racing to contain a rare strain of the disease that spread under the radar in Africa.

And how public health workers are trying to contain it

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The Bundibugyo strain is one of the least-studied variants of the Ebola virus; lack of vaccines and treatment knowledge sends panic waves across health sectors | World News

No vaccine or treatment currently exists for the Bundibugyo Ebola strain

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization director-general openly worried Tuesday over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo, where…

The World Health Organization top official has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola in Congo. Authorities have reported at least 134 suspected deaths…

Doctors battling the deadly Bundibugyo strain in DR Congo will likely have to wait months for a vaccine.

Aid efforts intensified on Wednesday in eastern Congo to curb the growing outbreak of a rare type of Ebola that the World Health Organization said could last for months, as…

Rare Bundibugyo strain of infectious disease, detected in DR Congo and Uganda, has no approved vaccine or treatment

Spread of deadly virus in Democratic Republic of Congo has prompted international response

BUNIA, Congo — Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in the face of a rapidly spreadi...

Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the…

A rare Ebola strain is spreading through the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of the Congo's east.