The DRC is in the seventh month of an Ebola outbreak. AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi I visited a family of 19 in Sierra Leone in 2015. By the time I arrived, eight had died. The other 11 were left to live with the grief and fear of what might happen next. I am a medical doctor and epidemiologist, and at that time I…

Parts of Africa are facing the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic on record. The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, one of several types of Ebola virus, and has grown dramatically in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Cases have now appeared in other countries too. By October 31, 2026, the DRC had…