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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)

Dozens at an Ebola treatment center in northeast Congo strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses

By Prosper Heri Ngorora - Associated Press

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

FILE - Health workers attend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

Researchers launch study on Ebola treatments as Congo outbreak worsens

By Lauran Neergaard - Associated Press

Resident Kerli Faria takes a break amid the rubble while searching for her nephews at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Aid workers warn of infectious diseases, overwhelmed hospitals after Venezuela quakes

By Juan Pablo Arráez and Isabel Debre - Associated Press

A couple walks by a public fountain on a torrid day, as the National Weather forecaster issued an extreme heat code red warning for parts of the country, in the coming days in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat sets European records

By Kirsten Grieshaber and John Leicester - Associated Press

Containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2019. Bayer, the manufacturer of the popular weedkiller, won support Wednesday, April 24, 2024, from the Missouri House for a proposal that could shield it from costly lawsuits alleging it failed to warn customers its product could cause cancer. (AP Photo/Haven Daley) **FILE**

Bayer wins in Roundup cancer case in the Supreme Court

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A man cools off in a fountain during a hot and sunny day of summer in Madrid, Spain, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Here’s how to avoid heat-related illnesses and stay cool this summer

Associated Press

Health workers prepare for duty at the Mongbwalu treatment center in Mongbwalu, Congo, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo’s Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows response

By Chinedu Asadu and Justin Kabumba - Associated Press

Richard Lokudu, center, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Hospital, speaks with UN peacekeepers in Mongbwalu, Congo, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Health workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest

By Justin Kabumba and Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Head of the UN mission in Congo James Swan visits an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Congo, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo health minister calls U.S. Ebola travel restrictions ‘discriminatory’

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

A health worker disinfects passengers prior to their boarding of the World Food Programme's (WFP) aircraft following the government's announcement of Bunia National Airport's reopening in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

‘We’re still behind’ in Congo’s Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief says

By Ope Adetayo and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

FILE - Congo players pose for a team photo before a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Cameroon, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Rabat, Morocco. (AP Photo, File)

Congo’s soccer team seeks alternatives after Spanish city cancels World Cup warmup game due to Ebola

Associated Press

A nurse gives painkillers to patient Amna Adam Hessen, whose baby was delivered stillborn the previous day, at the Birao District Hospital in the Central African Republic, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

‘I gave birth in the street’: Conflict makes childbirth risky in parts of Africa

By Caitlin Kelly - 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, right, shakes hands with Ezo Etienne, a health worker who recovered from Ebola in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Ebola cases in Congo near 300 as stories from recovered medical workers stir hope

By Justin Kabumba - Associated Press

Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, shakes hands with Ezo Etienne, a health worker who recovered from Ebola in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Ebola survivors note ‘indescribable joy’ while Congo’s confirmed cases near 300

By Justin Kabumba - 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

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks to the media upon his arrival at N'djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)

WHO chief lands in Congo, saying Ebola outbreak ‘can be stopped’

By Jean-Yves Kamale, 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

A Muslim woman walks towards the prayer grounds at Sayo Muhamed School to perform Eid al-Adha prayers amid an Ebola outbreak in Bunia, Congo, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Uganda closes its border with Congo as cases of a rare Ebola type surge

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press