June 14
Africa: Ebola, Hantavirus, Diphtheria - How Distrust in Health Care Is Fuelling Multiple Outbreaks Across the Globe
The first half of 2026 has been marked by three different disease outbreaks: Ebola, hantavirus and, in Australia, diphtheria. Each has exposed vulnerabilities in how we detect,… Read more »
June 09
Congo-Kinshasa: World's First AI-Designed Vaccine Explained
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they describe as a fundamentally new type of vaccine using artificial intelligence (AI). The vaccine's key component… Read more »
June 08
Congo-Kinshasa: The Hunt for a New Ebola Vaccine - Two Scientists Explain the Challenges
The ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda has now killed 61 people, with 359 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo strain of the virus has a… Read more »
June 05
Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola - Vaccines Alone Won't Stop an Outbreak - Here's What Else Is Needed
Tensions have recently emerged around the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These tensions have manifested in a series of incidents, including the… Read more »
June 04
Congo-Kinshasa: Three New Ebola Vaccines Are Being Developed. An Infectious Disease Expert Explains
When it comes to Ebola outbreaks, it's not often we have two pieces of good news in one week. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Two Scientists On Their Race to Make a New Ebola Vaccine
As health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to battle an ongoing Ebola outbreak, scientists around the world are racing to develop a vaccine against the… Read more »
June 01
Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola, Hantavirus... How Eroding Global Health Cooperation Could Threaten Worse Crises Ahead
The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks, respectively in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, remind us that the next health… Read more »
June 02
Africa: Ebola May Have Spread Beyond Africa. How Are Health Authorities Responding?
The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing. Read more »
May 29
Uganda: What's Wrong With How U.S. and Uganda Plan to Stop Ebola Spreading
As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to rein in a growing outbreak of a rare Ebola virus, other countries are establishing protocols for keeping their… Read more »
Africa: Why Africa - and the World - Remain Dangerously Unprepared for the Next Pandemic
As the news spread about the outbreak of Ebola in mid-May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report about pandemics. The title was: A World on the Edge:… Read more »
May 26
Africa: Planes, Trains and Pandemics - Lessons From Covid-19 About Travel Risks Posed By Hantavirus and Ebola
International travel volumes have now fully recovered from the downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the upcoming World Cup poised to drive a surge in Canadian tourism,… Read more »
May 23
Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak in the DRC - Four Reasons It Will Be Hard to Contain
By the second week of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo it was already clear that containing the spread of the haemorrhagic disease was proving to be… Read more »
May 20
Congo-Kinshasa: Health Authorities Are Racing to Contain Ebola in the DR Congo and Uganda. Here's What's Making It So Challenging
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with a rising Ebola epidemic, with almost 600 cases detected so far and more than 130 deaths. Read more »
May 18
Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Strain Spreading in Congo and Uganda Has No Approved Vaccine
As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is… Read more »
Africa: Ebola Outbreak Declared a Global Health Emergency - What You Need to Know
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a "public health emergency of international concern", with cases now… Read more »
Liberia: Ebola Survivors Struggle to Return to Normal Lives - What I Found Out in Sierra Leone and Liberia
During the Ebola epidemic of 2014 to 2016, Musu, a resident of Monrovia, Liberia contracted the Ebola virus along with her husband, five sons and daughter. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: What You Need to Know About the Ebola Outbreak That Has the Who Concerned
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public health emergency of international concern. Read more »
September 14, 2025
Africa: There's a New Outbreak of Ebola in Africa. Here's What You Need to Know
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared a new Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province. It's caused by the most severe strain: Zaire Ebola virus. Read more »
