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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)

Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to a 7th province

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FILE - A Sudanese girl receives an oral cholera vaccine during a vaccination campaign conducted by health ministry workers in Khartoum, Sudan, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)

Funding cuts are forcing dozens of health clinics in Sudan to close, aid groups warn

By Fatma Khaled - Associated Press

Health workers bury the coffin of Neema Minaro, a 66 year old woman who died of the Ebola virus, in Bunia, Congo, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo’s Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000

By Constant Same Bagalwa and Ope Adetayo - Associated Press

Residents and frontline workers embark on Ebola outbreak awareness campaign in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)

Congo authorities report more than 6,000 confirmed Ebola cases and nearly 3,000 deaths

By Constant Same Bagalwa and Saleh Mwanamilongo - Associated Press

In this photo released by UNICEF, officials inspect doses of Ebola (Zaire) vaccines upon arrival at Ndjili International Airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Ndomba Mbikayi/UNICEF via AP)

Congo begins Ebola vaccinations to fight country’s worst outbreak on record, health minister says

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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

Residents and frontline workers embark on Ebola outbreak awareness campaign in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)

Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak

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)

Here’s data that shows Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to surpass history’s largest

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

People dressed in protective gear lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of 6-year-old Baudjo Baraka Jules, who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine, which has been effective in past outbreaks

Associated Press

People dressed in protective gear prepare to lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of 3-year-old Mave Mercienne, who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed

By Chinedu Asadu and Constant Same Bagalwa - Associated Press

China and the COVID-19 pandemic illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The Chinese Communist Party must answer for the Wuhan abomination

By Miles Yu

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

Congo’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth province

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Rubble set on fire as health workers involved in Congo's Ebola response go on strike as they protest over payment issues in Bunia, Congo, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Constant Same Bagalwa)

This Ebola outbreak has claimed over 2,000 lives. Here’s why it is so hard to contain

By Cara Anna and Monika Pronczuk - 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

FILE - A health worker checks an individual's temperature at a temporary health clinic at the Mpondwe border crossing linking Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Uganda declares itself free of Ebola as Congo continues to struggle with it

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - This long exposure photo shows traffic driving on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Road deaths have declined globally since 1990 except in poorer countries, study finds

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

A health worker at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Congo, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Prosper Heri Ngorora)

Ebola death toll in Congo rises to at least 930, including dozens of health workers

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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)

Majority of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are from unknown chains, as outbreak outpaces response

By Justin Kabumba and Monika Pronczuk - Associated Press

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