Ebola
Jul 17, 2026 | News, Stories from the Field
In early September 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed its 16th Ebola virus disease outbreak since the disease was first identified in 1976. The epicenter was Bulape Health Zone in Kasai Province, which lies in the south-central part of the...
Jun 15, 2026 | Events, Webinars
Dec 14, 2022 | In the Media
A virus knows no borders, and an elusive virus is already far ahead of us. While sporadic disease outbreak is inevitable, action by state leaders and public health experts can determine if an outbreak becomes an...
Oct 25, 2022 | News
The Uganda Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Western and Central region of Uganda in September 2022. By October 20, 2022, 65 EVD cases were confirmed, 27 people had died, and 1,636 contacts of cases had been listed, with new...
Feb 19, 2021 | In the Media, News
While the world focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and the rollout and distribution of a vaccine against the virus, the Ebola virus, which killed thousands in West Africa between 2014 and 2016, has reappeared. On February seventh, the Democratic Republic of Congo...