Anonymousabout 9 hours ago
A Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, with more than 600 suspected cases and 139 deaths as of May 20, 2026. No approved vaccine or targeted therapeutic exists for this strain, and the nearest candidate may be six to nine months from clinical trials — raising questions about why a decade of warning since the 2014 West Africa crisis failed to produce vaccines against non-Zaire Ebola species.