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Health workers who are members of the safe and dignified burial team prepare to bury Abineno Justine, a 38 year old woman who died of the Ebola virus, in Bunia, Congo, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo begins Ebola vaccinations for health workers in the epicenter of the outbreak

By Constant Same Bagalwa - Associated Press

A health worker pauses after disinfecting a treatment center for Ebola patients, in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)

Schools reopen in Congo’s Ebola epicenter despite concerns from parents and teachers

By Constant Same Bagalwa - Associated Press

Parents who came for their children's school resumption sit inside an office of a school in Ituri province, eastern Congo, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Constant Same Bagalwa)

Parents and teachers in Congo urge delay of school resumption as Ebola outbreak rages on

By Constant Same Bagalwa and Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Wiza Bondele, Right, a health worker on the prevention and control team, seen at work in Ituri province, eastern Congo, Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

WHO says Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared

By Constant Same Bagalwa and Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Health workers at the epicenter of Ebola outbreak protest over unpaid wages at the provincial governor's office in Ituri, eastern Congo, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Constant Same Bagalwa)

Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages, disrupting response as deaths top 1,800

By Constant Same Bagalwa - Associated Press

Esther Lutula, a 26 year-old woman who is four months pregnant and a mother of four who stopped going for prenatal checkups shortly after the current Ebola outbreak, does the laundry outside her house in Bunia, northeastern, Congo, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

More pregnant women are dying in Congo as they avoid hospitals over Ebola

By Justin Kabumba and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Carl Skau, acting executive director of the World Food Programme, pepares a container of food at the Rwampara Ebola treatment center in Ituri, eastern Congo, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is worsening hunger in eastern Congo, a U.N. agency chief warns

By Constant Same Bagalwa and Prosper Heri Ngorora and Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Rubble set on fire as health and frontline workers protest at the Elikya Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, Congo, on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Constant Same Bagalwa)

More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths

By Prosper Heri Ngorora and Constant Same Bagalwa - Associated Press

Health workers tend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Safety fears limit Ebola response in Congo, with more than 12 attacks recorded

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Workers at an Ebola treatment center go on strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses at Rwampara General Hospital, in Ituri, northeastern Congo, Monday, July 13, 2026, (AP Photo/Prosper Heri Ngorora)

More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo exceed 2,000, including 754 deaths

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Health workers interact at the Evangelical Medical Center, in Bunia, eastern Congo, Friday, July 3, 2026, where Ebola clinical trials are scheduled to take place. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

Residents in eastern Congo cling to hope as a new Ebola treatment trial begins

By Prosper Heri Ngorora and Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Relatives of Vanisa Anifa, a 6-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, attend her burial, in Bunia, Congo, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo outbreak top 1,000 with 254 deaths, authorities say

By Justin Kabumba and Constant Same Bagalwa - Associated Press

Catholic nuns from the orphanage where Vanisa Anifa, a 6-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, was staying, attends her funeral in Bunia, Congo, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Mourners bury a 6-month-old Ebola victim in the Congo outbreak’s 3rd orphanage death

By Justin Kabumba and Wilson McMakin - Associated Press

Kahindo Mireille Pierrette, an Ebola survivor poses with her 16-month old baby, after they were declared to have survived Ebola and discharged from the Rwampara treament Center in Ituri Congo, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

A 16-month-old and his mother recover from Ebola in rare good news from outbreak in Congo

By Justin Kabumba - Associated Press

Kavugho Hortense, a cook, delivers meals to the medical staff and Ebola patients at the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM) in Bunia, Congo, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

As Congo grapples with Ebola, volunteers cook meals to support patients

By Justin Kabumba and Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, meets with health workers who recovered from Ebola in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern Congo

By Justin Kabumba and Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Workers offload medical and emergency supplies donated by European Union to support frontline workers in fighting Ebola upon arrival at the national airport in Bunia, Congo. Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Aid supplies reach heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa

By Justin Kabumba and Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Vanny Birungi, a Red Cross volunteer, speaks to people during a public sensitisation campaign amid the Ebola outbreak in Bunia, Congo, Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Attacks from suspicious residents complicate the fight against a rare type of Ebola

By Justin Kabumba and Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

A sanitation worker from the Bunia city government sprays chlorine to disinfect the central market, as Ituri province continues to combat an Ebola outbreak, in Bunia, Congo, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

A second Ebola treatment center is set ablaze in eastern Congo, with 18 suspected cases fleeing

By Justin Kabumba and Wilson McMakin - Associated Press

A woman cries as Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola from a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Appeals in Congo for urgent supplies as aid groups warn Ebola outbreak is ‘gaining momentum’

By Justin Kabumba, Monika Pronczuk and Gerald Imray - Associated Press