Ebola virus

Scientists race to develop Ebola vaccine amid DRC outbreak

Researchers aim to stop the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in northeastern DRC by fast-tracking a vaccine using a proven viral-vector platform.

Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.
Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Two people killed in Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine site plan, organizer, sources say

Medical teams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 2026

Health Ministry officials meet to discuss, monitor ongoing Ebola outbreak

Workers line up to disinfect their protective equipment at General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu during the Ebola outbreak response in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2026.

WHO reports 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola


Ben-Gurion Airport holds Ebola-screening drill for Israel arrivals

Exercise comes as Israel steps up measure to prevent possible spread of deadly strain by tourists from Ebola-affected areas.

Ebola screening drill held at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 17, 2014.

Preventive measures to be put in place to stop entry of visitors carrying Ebola

Deadly virus has claimed the lives of more than 4,490 people worldwide, says WHO.

Some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus

Mark Zuckerberg to donate $25 million to help fight Ebola

Zuckerberg warned that Ebola could become the next HIV or polio, a disease that will be fought for decades.

Mark Zuckerberg

Fundamentally Freund: Is rebuilding Gaza more important than halting Ebola?

The number of Ebola cases is reportedly doubling every three to four weeks, but billions of dollars will be lavished on Gaza rather than on the jeopardized populations of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

A UN convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in Abidjan.