A remote Congolese town is under siege, as medical workers with limited supplies struggle to beat back a surge of deaths and infections.

Violence, misinformation, and cuts to international aid are contributing to the challenge.

Medical workers, armed with the most rudimentary equipment and a dwindling supply of protective suits, masks and water, are waging a desperate fight against a deadly disease.

A remote Congolese town is under siege, as medical workers with limited supplies struggle to beat back a surge of deaths and infections.

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.

It's a virus that can strike with unrelenting force. The kind of care need to knock it out is often not fully available in a lower resource country like the Democratic Republic of…

The World Health Organization's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the eastern DRC " faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict", with the…