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UN declares emergency over untreatable Ebola strain in Congo

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is rushing to the Democratic Republic of Congo as a rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak outpaces the international response. This latest wave has officially been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, marking it as the third-largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history.

28 May 2026-18:55
Burkina Faso steps up Ebola prevention measures

Burkina Faso has intensified preventive measures against Ebola virus disease, with health authorities emphasizing that no cases have been detected in the country so far.

24 May 2026-17:28
Protesters attack Ebola treatment center in eastern DR Congo - VIDEO

22 May 2026-11:40
Uganda suspends DRC flights over Ebola outbreak

22 May 2026-08:58
Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency as WHO warns of wider spread risk

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, as health experts warn it may have been spreading undetected for weeks or even months.

18 May 2026-15:36
Cambodia steps up Ebola preparedness after WHO alert

18 May 2026-11:48
Health alert: Expert addresses rare hantavirus cluster - VIDEO

Public health officials are currently monitoring a rare cluster of hantavirus cases linked to recent cruise ship travel, with cases being tracked across several US states including Georgia, California, and Arizona.

08 May 2026-12:32
Eight more fatalities reported from measles and related symptoms in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Eight more people have died from measles and measles-like symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours, according to a press release of Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) here today.

27 Apr 2026-16:23
Experts warn but calm fears over India’s Nipah outbreak

India’s current Nipah virus outbreak, while “concerning and serious,” is neither unprecedented nor unexpected and does not constitute a global emergency, according to experts from the Global Virus Network (GVN).

03 Feb 2026-12:17
Syria lifts health emergency in Aleppo and Raqqa after military advances

23 Jan 2026-21:59

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