Ebola death toll exceeds 2,800 in DR Congo as outbreak spreads across six provinces

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a four-month Ebola outbreak has taken more than 2,800 lives across six provinces, becoming one of the more expansive outbreaks in recent memory. The Bundibugyo strain at its center is not merely spreading — it is evolving, widening its geographic reach in ways that concern the World Health Organization deeply. Vaccination campaigns have begun for those on the front lines, yet the oldest truth in public health reasserts itself here: medicine alone cannot contain what only trust between communities and institutions can ultimately stop.