Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are expanding testing for the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak.

On May 28, 2026, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, sent an open letter to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo before…

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are expanding testing for the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak.

A rare type of the fatal disease is ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with more than 1,000 cases reported so far.

Congo's Ebola outbreak expands to 22 health zones as officials struggle to assess the epidemic's true scale amid conflict.

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.