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Ebola outbreak 2026: What is Bundibugyo strain - can it trigger the next pandemic?

Ebola outbreak declared a global health emergency: WHO raises alarm over Bundibugyo strain spreading across DRC and Uganda ...

Former CDC director warned of possible Ebola 'pandemic,' but likely meant regional spread

Dr. Robert Redfield said he feared an Ebola outbreak would spread through central Africa.

Former CDC Chief Says Ebola May Become 'Very Significant Pandemic,' Warns It Could Reach Three More Countries

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield warned on Wednesday that the Ebola outbreak ...

Are We Pandemic Ready?

Hantavirus and Ebola are reminders that outbreaks are inevitable, and that the world must work together to contain them and ...

Ex-CDC Chief Warns Ebola Outbreak Could Become ‘Very Significant Pandemic’

"I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic, probably going to leak into Tanzania, leak into southern ...

Former CDC director on Ebola outbreak: ‘I suspect this is going to become a very significant pandemic’

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday he suspects the spreading Ebola outbreak in Africa will spread across three new countries and become a ...

WHO says Ebola risks high for region, but not a "pandemic emergency"

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and ...

Former CDC epidemiologist: Ebola outbreak ‘will get worse before it gets better’

Dr. Neil Vora, an epidemiologist, warned that the spread of the Ebola virus in several African countries “will get worse ...

Will the Ebola Outbreak Turn Into a Pandemic? What to Know About Symptoms, Spread and More

A fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in Congo is now a global health emergency. What to know about the Bundibugyo virus, how it ...
Scientific American

The world is more at risk of a pandemic now than before COVID, experts say. This is why

As world health leaders face deadly outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola, a major pandemic preparedness report finds we are less ...

Is Ebola the next major pandemic? CDC chief sounds alarm as African countries battle outbreak

Former CDC director warns Ebola could lead to a major pandemic, predicting spread to Tanzania, southern Sudan, and Rwanda.
Opinion

The Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks warn us we must be better prepared if we are to prevent the next pandemic

Surveillance that misses a haemorrhagic fever or fails to consider endemic risks at a departure port will be blind to something far more dangerous ...