HealthJun 5, 2026Ebola Outbreak Strains Health Workers in DRCHealth workers in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Ituri) report shortages of basic protective equipment, testing capacity, clean water, and isolation reso...Ebola (DRC 2026)Bundibugyo virusIturi province (DRC)
HealthJul 10, 2026Ebola Deaths Reach 600 in Congo OutbreakThe Democratic Republic of Congo's government reported the national death toll from the current Ebola outbreak has reached 600 and confirmed cases total 1,759. New s...Ebola outbreak (Congo 2026)Bundibugyo virus
HealthJun 5, 2026Africa CDC and WHO Launch Ebola Response PlanAfrica CDC and the World Health Organization announced a joint six-month continental preparedness and response plan (June–November 2026) addressing an ongoing Ebola ...Africa CDCWorld Health OrganizationBundibugyo virus
HealthJul 2, 2026Trial Enrollment Begins for Bundibugyo Ebola TreatmentsThe World Health Organization reports that patient enrolment has opened today in the PARTNERS clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to evaluate pote...Bundibugyo virusPARTNERS clinical trialDemocratic Republic of the Congo
HealthMay 28, 2026WHO Reviews Vaccines and Treatments for Bundibugyo EbolaThe World Health Organization (WHO) announced that, in response to an ongoing outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the ...Bundibugyo virusWorld Health Organization
HealthMay 29, 2026WHO Director-General Tedros visits Kinshasa amid Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC as health workers face shortages, distrust and insecurityWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kinshasa to observe response efforts to an outbreak of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus concentrated in Ituri pr...Bundibugyo virusTedros Adhanom GhebreyesusDemocratic Republic of Congo (Ituri province and eastern regions)