What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak NYT - Top Stories 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 TimesDisinfecting 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.