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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

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

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

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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

People offload a shipment of more than 15 tons of supplies donated by UNICEF as part of the response to the Ebola virus outbreak at Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Risk of Ebola spread is high regionally but low globally, WHO says

By Justin Kabumba and Monika Pronczuk - Associated Press

Aid workers carry supplies to set up an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

Ebola outbreak’s scale, speed have WHO officials worried as Congo announces 134 deaths

By Justin Kabumba and Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

A woman wearing a protective mask stands in the corridor of a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/ Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

Congo reports sharp rise in Ebola cases as WHO worries about outbreak’s scale and speed

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People wait near an ambulance at a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/ Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

Congo will open 3 Ebola treatment centers as a rare strain spreads in Ituri

By Monika Pronczuk and Wilson McMakin - Associated Press

A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/ Hajarah Nalwadda)

WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

By Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

The MV Hondius cruise ship is anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Arilson Almeida, File)

Canadian national health agency confirms 1 positive hantavirus test

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The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is seen at anchor at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger from cruise ship as confirmed infections grow to 9

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

The MV Hondius cruise ship is anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak

By Susan Montoya Bryan - Associated Press

Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

2 more passengers evacuated from cruise ship test positive for hantavirus

By Josh Funk and Mike Corder - Associated Press

A Spanish Civil Guard officer inspects the area where passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press