Uganda Restricts Travel with Congo Over Ebola Outbreak

By: Lynsey Chutel and Matthew Mpoke Bigg — 21 May 2026 at 16:37

Uganda said that flights to and from the Democratic Republic of Congo would be temporarily suspended, as the outbreak appeared to spread to a rebel-controlled province in Congo.

A health worker measures the temperature of a motorcyclist passing through a checkpoint in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Thursday.

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Citing Ebola Outbreak, U.S. Restricts Entry From Congo, Uganda and South Sudan

By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman — 18 May 2026 at 20:39

The order is in effect for 30 days and does not apply to American citizens or U.S. service members.

A Customs and Border Protection officer at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

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What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak, as U.S. Restricts Travelers

By: Ephrat Livni — 18 May 2026 at 20:11

The United States restricted entry of people who have been to three African countries, after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency. The outbreak has killed more than 100.

A motorcycle taxi driver at a hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.

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Ebola Was Identified in Congo Weeks Before W.H.O. Declared an Emergency

By: Ruth Maclean — 18 May 2026 at 20:05

Early surveillance and testing failed to identify the rare species of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak. An American doctor is among the confirmed cases.

At a hospital in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of a new Ebola outbreak.

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Hepatitis B Vaccine, Once a Public Health Win, Is Under Threat From RFK Jr.

By: Dani Blum — 23 September 2025 at 16:18

Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when all newborns began receiving the shot. President Trump recently said he thought children should not get it until age 12.

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Trump Is Already Making America Weaker and More Vulnerable

By: Nicholas Kristof — 22 January 2025 at 22:00

Favoring TikTok over national security, releasing rioters, undermining global health efforts — these actions put all of us at risk.

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Egypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.

By: Stephanie Nolen and Natalija Gormalova — 28 November 2023 at 05:00

Effective drugs that have made the disease curable have yet to reach most of the region.

Sulemana Musah, a schoolteacher in Accra, Ghana, started feeling sick in 2011, while he was a student, but he didn’t receive a hepatitis C diagnosis until 2017.