In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a rare and largely unfamiliar strain of Ebola called Bundibugyo has quietly overtaken the country's previous worst epidemic, claiming 2,325 lives and becoming the second-deadliest outbreak of the virus in recorded human history. The disease moved unseen for months before anyone named it, exploiting the gaps between broken surveillance systems, armed conflict, and a medical toolkit built for a different enemy. What is unfolding in Mongbwalu and the displacement camps of eastern Congo is not merely a public health emergency — it is a re
Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes second-deadliest on record as spread outpaces containment
The outbreak has killed 2,325 confirmed people out of 4,945 cases, with case fatality rates rising to 47%, and suspected deaths occurring in displacement camps among hard-to-monitor mobile populations.