The rapid spread of Africa’s Ebola outbreak is driven by a new strain known as Bundibugyo. Maps, charts, and data visualziations detail its spread.

Answers to key questions could help public health officials develop Ebola treatments, predict the outbreak’s trajectory and prevent a future one.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread, according to a new analysis by U.S. health officials.

A Kenyan court has blocked a proposed U.S. Ebola quarantine facility that has triggered protests in the country.

With no protective equipment beyond a cheap face mask, the 28-year-old in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak, symbolizes the women in eastern Congo who are almost always the first caregiver, a role that health workers say is putting them at higher risk of contracting Ebola.

Learn more about the deadly 2026 Ebola outbreak, including how many cases there are so far, which countries are most affected, how this outbreak compares with others in severity and more.

The announcement comes as health officials warn that the outbreak has become the fourth-largest Ebola epidemic on record, with hundreds of confirmed cases and dozens of deaths reported.

Mining has been the lifeblood of this remote Congolese hill town for decades. Now, it is fueling the spread of a devastating virus.

A doctor who treated Ebola patients in 2014 explains what’s unusual and worrisome about the fast-growing outbreak of Ebola in the DRC caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus.