KINSHASA, May 31 — Global health authorities are racing to identify medical options to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, linked to the...

Unlike the more common Zaire strain, there are no approved medical interventions for deadly Bundibugyo

KINSHASA, May 31 — Global health authorities are racing to identify medical options to help contain an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, linked to the...

The outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.

There are no treatments or vaccines currently approved to treat the Bundibugyo variant of Ebola.

Global health groups race to develop a Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine as cases surge in DR Congo and Uganda, with WHO backing a leading rVSV candidate.