In the northeastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a catastrophe older than its headlines is unfolding — one where fear proves as lethal as the pathogen itself. More than 2,500 people have died in the country's worst Ebola outbreak on record, caused by a strain for which no approved vaccine or treatment exists, across a territory larger than France. The crisis lays bare a recurring human truth: that disease does not arrive alone, but in the company of poverty, distrust, and the long shadows of conflict. What is being lost is not only life, but the fragile possibility of collectiv
Congo's Ebola outbreak kills 2,500 as violence hampers response
Over 2,500 deaths reported; 160 health workers infected with 43 fatalities; 260+ violent attacks on health workers in six months with eight killed.