Ebola Outbreak Becomes Third Largest Ever Recorded

The DRC Ebola outbreak has reached nearly 750 suspected cases and 177 deaths, making it the third largest in recorded history and prompting officials to raise the risk level as it spreads rapidly toward the Uganda border. Health authorities have intensified screening and containment measures at the DRC-Uganda crossing, drawing on hard lessons from the 2014-16 West Africa epidemic that killed over 11,000 people.