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HealthExplainer: How Congo’s Ebola outbreak became the second-most lethal on record

The ongoing Ebola outbreak is now the second-deadliest recorded and the deadliest in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Only the 2014-16 epidemic in West Africa caused more deaths.

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RReuters★★★★☆2026-08-17 16:35Original

Explainer: How Congo’s Ebola outbreak became the second-most lethal on record
Explainer: How Congo’s Ebola outbreak became the second-most lethal on recordHealth