Congo’s Ebola outbreak rises to 100 deaths out of 550 cases
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The rapid spread of Africa’s Ebola outbreak is driven by a new strain known as Bundibugyo. Maps, charts, and data visualziations detail its spread.
UNICEF is rapidly scaling up lifesaving support in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring nations, working with partners to stop the spread of disease.
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As Congo is battling an Ebola disease outbreak that has killed nearly 100 people out of the more than 500 confirmed cases, local authorities have raced to slow the disease with strict measures, including by limiting public gatherings and enforcing social distancing.
More than 300 cases and over 40 deaths have been confirmed in the DRC.
Hélène Akilimali says she’s taking every precaution against contracting Ebola, but the Congolese cocoa seller can’t control how others behave.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
SHELTON, CT / ACCESS Newswire / June 8, 2026 / NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American:NNVC) (the “Company”), a clinical stage leader developing antiviral drugs that viruses cannot escape, NanoViricides announces that it has proposed a Phase II Clinical Trial of NV-387 Oral Gummies as a Treatment for the Current Bundibugyo Ebolavirus to the Committee in Charge
The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.