In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a disease older than its modern borders is writing a new and darker chapter. The Bundibugyo Ebola strain has now claimed 2,325 lives — more than any previous outbreak in the country's history — spreading with a velocity that has outrun both medicine and memory. With no approved vaccine, a rising death rate, and a region fractured by conflict and isolation, the world is confronting what happens when urgency arrives too late and solidarity too slowly.
DR Congo Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in country's history with 2,325 deaths
2,325 deaths confirmed with 4,945 infected cases; case fatality rate risen to 46%, indicating nearly one in two confirmed cases is now deadly.