In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a nation long acquainted with the weight of epidemic disease, authorities have launched an Ebola vaccination campaign using a tool not designed for the strain now spreading through Ituri province. With 2,744 lives already lost among thousands confirmed infected, the decision to deploy the Ervebo vaccine reflects a painful calculus familiar to public health in crisis: act with what exists, or wait for what does not yet exist. The WHO has warned that this outbreak may surpass the deadliest Ebola epidemic in recorded history, and the world watches as science,
DRC launches Ebola vaccination drive with untested vaccine as outbreak spirals
5,713 confirmed Ebola cases with 2,744 deaths reported as of Tuesday, with the outbreak spreading under difficult conditions including insecurity and displacement.