by Sasha Abramsky | Jun 5, 2026 | CDC, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, diseases, DRC, Ebola, Ebola outbreak, News, Public Health, Trump Administration, USAID, USAID cuts, WHO
In 2018, when the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) experienced a severe Ebola outbreak, more than 30 experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), close to 20 disaster-response specialists from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and 120 additional USAID staff were on the ground attempting to manage the outbreak, according to estimates from Friends of…
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by Amy Goodman | May 18, 2026 | Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola, Global health, hantavirus, Interview, Trump Administration, Uganda, USAID, WHO
The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Saturday due to the rapid spread of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Ebola causes severe hemorrhagic fever and is often fatal. There’s no approved vaccine for the strain of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak, known as the Bundibugyo variant. The WHO said in a statement that the outbreak is…
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