The W.H.O.’s current funds for fighting an Ebola outbreak surging in Congo will only last a few more weeks.
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Congo’s Deadliest Ebola Outbreak Is Declared Over
The World Health Organization called the end of the country’s 10th outbreak, the second deadliest in history, “a victory for science.” Health workers had faced mistrust and treatment centers were attacked.
Despite Big Promises, U.S. Has Delivered Limited Aid in Global Virus Response
The State Department and U.S.A.I.D. have spent a fraction of the humanitarian assistance that Congress approved in March to help curb the coronavirus.
New Ebola Outbreak in Congo, Already Hit by Measles and Coronavirus
Five people have died in Mbandaka, a western city more than 750 miles away from another Ebola outbreak in the country. It is unclear how the disease emerged in the city during lockdown.
How Pandemics End
An infectious outbreak can conclude in more ways than one, historians say. But for whom does it end, and who gets to decide?
Congo Was Close to Defeating Ebola. Then One More Case Emerged.
The fight to stop a deadly outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has lasted nearly two years. The lessons learned could now apply to combating the coronavirus.
U.N. Security Council ‘Missing In Action’ in Coronavirus Fight
The leader of the U.N. has called the pandemic the biggest international threat in the 75-year history of the organization, but its most powerful body has yet to take action.
Photos From a Century of Epidemics
The Earth and its people have long been prey to the invisible pathogens that bring their victims low with brutal efficiency.
The Coronavirus, by the Numbers
A mathematician who studies the spread of disease explains some of the figures that keep popping up in coronavirus news.
Ebola Response Workers Are Killed in Congo
The attacks could help the waning outbreak gain new life in an area that has endured heavy fighting.