Jonathan Lambert

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Africa was announced last week, then quickly declared an emergency by the WHO. It's likely cuts in U.S. aid to the DRC contributed to a delay in identifying the outbreak.

When did the Ebola outbreak raging in DRC begin? The official declaration came on May 15.

Ebola kills roughly half the people it infects, but that has more to do with the kind of care patients can access, rather than something inherent to the virus itself.

Jonathan Lambert | June 2, 2026 Ebola is a wily pathogen. After jumping to a new person through the bridge of bodily fluids, it goes straight for key immune cells.

Three vaccine candidates are being fast-tracked to target the Ebola species spreading in Central Africa. Big organizations and companies are behind the effort, but logistics are complicated.

The first Ebola vaccine was approved for use in 2019, three years after the horrific outbreak in West Africa that took more than 11,000 lives.

Ebola cases are rising in Congo and Uganda. NPR's Jonathan Lambert explains why the outbreak may be even larger than official numbers show.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has improved its capacity for PCR testing. But it may not be enough to keep up with a rapidly expanding outbreak, and there are no approved rapid tests yet.

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo began worrying about possible Ebola cases in mid-April.

Yacine Lo's twins were clearly not well. Diarra and Khadim, her girl and boy, should have been busily toddling around like almost-2-year-olds they were.