China reports 522,000 new COVID-19 cases, one death in July amid fluctuating upward trend

China reported 522,000 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in July, including 487 severe cases and one related death with cases ...

Congo: Ebola cases are rising at record pace

The Ebola virus is spreading rapidly in the DRC. In Kinshasa, a city of millions, fears of a serious health crisis are ...

Mutation hotspots help 'friendly' viruses outmaneuver the bacteria in your gut

Every 15 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from a drug-resistant superbug. A few decades from now, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections threaten to become the leading cause of death worldwide, ...

WHO warns of a record-breaking Ebola outbreak in the Congo

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could reach unprecedented proportions. The epidemic in the Congo is spreading at ...
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Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine

11 August 2026 | Health Local officials in the DR Congo (DRC) reported on Tuesday that deaths from the Ebola virus disease have surpassed 2,000, with half of that number in the last 20 days. The ...

Congo's Ebola Epidemic Began With A Fresh Jump From An Animal. Dating It Will Take More Genomes

The first genomes from Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak point to a recent animal spillover, but are too few to date when the jump happened.

Researchers help identify new Ebola variant and potential treatment

When the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in May, scientists around the ...