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Received today — 13 June 2026 ⏭

What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak

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By: Lynsey Chutel · Amelia Nierenberg and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
13 June 2026 at 10:31
Aid agencies are racing to help health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus is known to have killed at least 140 people, but the true toll may be far higher.

© Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times

Disinfecting a path last month outside a hospital in Mongbwalu, a mining town at the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Received yesterday — 12 June 2026 ⏭

Scientists Race to Test Treatments as Ebola Outbreak Widens

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By: Carl Zimmer and Stephanie Nolen
12 June 2026 at 18:47
Trials are beginning on several drugs that have shown promise in preliminary studies against the virus that is causing the current outbreak.

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A health worker in the town of Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo, collecting medication for patients suspected of having Bundibugyo virus last month.
Received — 10 June 2026 ⏭

‘Clumsy Diplomacy’: Inside the U.S.-Kenya Feud Over an Ebola Camp

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By: Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Eric Schmitt
10 June 2026 at 11:26
Hundreds of Kenyans have marched through the streets to oppose a quarantine facility that would be reserved exclusively for American patients.

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Protesters confronting Kenyan police officers at a demonstration against a U.S. Ebola quarantine facility in Nanyuki on Tuesday.
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