Another Ebola treatment center burned in Congo, with 18 patients fleeing

05/24/2026

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Angry town residents at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of an Ebola treatment center, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack…

Angry Congo residents burn Ebola treatment center amid outbreak

05/23/2026

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Residents set fire to an Ebola treatment center at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and…

Ebola spreading rapidly in Congo, says World Health Organization

05/22/2026

BUNIA, Congo — The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly and now poses a “very high” risk there, as a lack of medical resources and anger among the population…

Ebola: Congo opens more centers to treat rare virus that killed 110

Associated Press 05/19/2026

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo will open three Ebola treatment centers in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak of a rare type of…

Ebola disease: What it is and why outbreaks keep happening

Neil Povadora 05/18/2026

CONSOLACION, Cebu – Rare but fatal, the Ebola disease continues to be a global health concern whenever outbreaks emerge, given its high mortality rate and severe impact on the body. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),…

‘Every day people are dying’: Ebola toll in Congo reaches 87

05/17/2026

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Not less than 87 deaths have been reported in Congo’s new Ebola outbreak in eastern Ituri province, the Africa CDC said Saturday, which warned of an “active community transmission” as health workers raced to intensify…

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