In the forested northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a virus older than the modern health system is outrunning every institution built to contain it. The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola — slower to kill its host, and therefore freer to travel with them — has claimed more than 2,200 lives and is accelerating at a pace that surpasses every previous outbreak in recorded history, including the catastrophic West African epidemic of 2014 to 2016. What unfolds here is not merely a medical emergency but a convergence of collapsed infrastructure, armed conflict, mass displacement, and eroded trust
DRC Ebola outbreak poised to become deadliest on record, WHO warns
2,214 deaths recorded as of reporting date; dozens of health workers have died; approximately 900,000 internally displaced persons from Ituri province; cross-border transmission affecting Uganda with potential for regional spread.