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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

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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

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

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

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

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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

People in protective gear remove waste from the MV Hondius cruise ship after its arrival at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

How South African scientists identified hantavirus on a cruise ship thousands of miles away

By Michelle Gumede - Associated Press

WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is ‘spreading rapidly’ and upgrades risk assessment

Associated Press

Djakisa Christian, 18, a funeral home manager, sits in front of coffins for sale at his shop in Bunia, Congo, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak as WHO upgrades risk assessment

By Justin Kabumba and Monika Pronczuk - 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