In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation long acquainted with the weight of epidemic suffering, the largest Ebola outbreak in its recorded history has crossed 7,200 cases — and may, at last, be turning. Government officials speak of a peak, a word that carries both relief and warning, while United Nations agencies remind the world that in the long struggle against hemorrhagic disease, hope must be held carefully. The Bundibugyo strain has tested the limits of a health system already strained by conflict and scarcity, and what comes next will reveal whether months of painstaking response w
DRC Ebola outbreak peaks as infection rates slow, authorities report
Over 7,200 confirmed Ebola cases in the DRC outbreak, representing the worst epidemic of this disease in the country's history.