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A Uganda Red Cross Society worker in protective gear is sprayed with disinfectant during the evacuation of the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 28, 2026
‘Breakneck’ Ebola epidemic in Congo outpaces world’s response
Caused by a strain of the virus for which there is no vaccine or treatment, the latest outbreak has already caused a suspected 220 deaths and 900 cases.
Health workers are sprayed with disinfectant in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 28, 2026
Congo seeks experimental Ebola antibody as cases surpass 1,000
The outbreak is straining health systems in eastern Congo, where violence, displacement and distrust of authorities have hit efforts to contain the Bundibugyo strain’s spread.
A worshipper has his temperature taken outside a Mosque in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Wednesday.
WORLD
May 28, 2026
WHO urges ceasefire in Congo to contain Ebola as cases surge
The head of the World Health Organization said that ongoing fighting was driving mass displacement and spreading the disease in overcrowded camps.
People walk past an advocacy poster against the spread of Ebola virus, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo Virus at the Platinum Medical Center in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday.
WORLD
May 27, 2026
Canada and Bahamas impose Ebola-related travel bans
The entrance ban of residents from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan comes as the WHO raised the risk of ​the Bundibugyo strain to “very ⁠high.”
Travelers at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on May 22. The CDC has begun expanded Ebola screening measures at the airport for certain international travelers amid concerns over worsening outbreaks in parts of East and Central Africa.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 27, 2026
CDC asks staff to volunteer for airport Ebola screenings
The public health agency, which underwent mass firings last year, wants to expand its screening capabilities amid a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Medical Director of Mongbwalu General Hospital Richard Lokudu stands next to the burned remains of a destroyed emergency isolation tent at the Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in Mongbwalu, Djugu Territory of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response
At least three such incidents have occurred in the northeastern province of Ituri where the first Ebola cases were reported.
Health workers disinfect the entrance to a house in Bunia, as part of the response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 25, 2026
Dread and denial at heart of deadly Congo Ebola outbreak
Many in the outbreak’s epicenter are split between criticism of the government’s response and denial of the disease’s very existence.
Congolese medical workers prepare to bury the coffin of a patient who died of Ebola, as authorities intensify efforts to contain a new outbreak, in Rwampara Congo, on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 24, 2026
Congo faces surge in Ebola cases as key medical tools run short
The outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus and has no approved vaccine or antibody treatment.
Health workers walk through the ruins of the Ebola treatment center, set on fire after the death of a patient with Ebola, at the Rwampara General Hospital in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 23, 2026
Experimental treatments could help U.S. Ebola patient
There are no vaccines or known drugs specifically approved to treat the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Medical staff prepare to transport the body of a patient who died at the hospital in Rwampara, Democratic Republic of Congo, to a cemetery on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 22, 2026
From Congo’s mines and forests, a cry for help in tackling ebola
At Nyankunde Hospital in the Ituri province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dr. Charles Kashindi is on the frontline of the fight against the latest deadly outbreak of Ebola.
Members of the M23 rebel group guard a laboratory in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Tuesday, as provincial authorities visit the facility where suspected Ebola samples are being tested.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2026
Containing Ebola is hard. The U.S. made it worse
One thing is certain: The decimation of USAID will make containing the spread much more difficult.
Aid agencies are intensifying efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 21, 2026
Ebola outbreak likely started months ago and spread undetected
The rare Bundibugyo strain circulated for “a couple months” before being identified in blood samples on May 15.
Soldiers provide security at the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute in Goma, Congo, on Tuesday during a guided visit to the laboratory responsible for analyzing and handling suspected Ebola cases.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 20, 2026
Asian countries boost Ebola precautions after WHO declaration
Officials say the likelihood of local transmission remains low, and no cases have been publicly confirmed in Asia.
A health worker checks a visitor's temperature at a checkpoint for Kyeshero Hospital in Goma on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 19, 2026
Long-running conflicts muddy Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola response
The outbreak’s epicenter is in a border province where the violence wrought by various armed groups has led to intense episodes of internal displacement.
Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during an event in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 19, 2026
WHO worried about ‘scale and speed’ of deadly Ebola outbreak
The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious hemorrhagic fever an international health emergency.
A Congolese health worker checks the temperature to screen a traveller at the Grande Barrier border following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, at the border crossing point between Congo and Rwanda, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 19, 2026
Health workers race to contain Congo’s fast-spreading Ebola outbreak
While Congo has experience tackling Ebola, the late detection and quick spread of this outbreak have alarmed health experts.
A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at a hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak, in Bunia, Congo, on Saturday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 17, 2026
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global public health emergency
The WHO said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo ⁠virus, does not meet the criteria of ⁠a pandemic emergency.
A medical worker puts on personal protective equipment before entering an Ebola treatment center in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in August 2018.
WORLD
May 16, 2026
Ebola’s Africa spread tests global response after aid cuts
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo linked to 80 deaths and hundreds of suspected infections has spread across the border to Uganda.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers his report to delegates at the World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 19.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2025
Trump’s WHO withdrawal could cost the U.S. dearly
Despite progress since COVID-19, the U.S. remains vulnerable to pandemics like H5N1, and withdrawing from the WHO would weaken its ability to respond to global health threats.
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's assertion that U.S. aid cuts to programs including PEPFAR and USAID in Africa aren't causing harm is not true. Children and others are already dying as a result.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 19, 2025
Musk says aid cuts haven’t killed anyone. That’s not true.
In South Sudan, one of the world’s poorest countries, the efforts by Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump are already leading children to die.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
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Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
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Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
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Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
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James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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