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A Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has reached over 1,200 cases and 240 deaths as of late May 2026, prompting the WHO to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The crisis unfolds against a backdrop of severe US global health funding cuts — including the dissolution of USAID and a proposed 50% reduction in global health security spending — raising pointed questions about whether diminished early-warning systems and response capacity contributed to the outbreak's rapid escalation.