Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine
Local officials in the DR Congo (DRC) reported on Tuesday that deaths from the Ebola virus disease have surpassed 2,000, with half of that number in the last 20 days.
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APOD: 2026 August 11 – Six Moons of Saturn
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DR Congo: Ebola is killing people before they ever reach a doctor
More than 1,900 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak – and most of them never made…
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Afghanistan: UN tells Taliban to open up on abuses committed by security forces
Five years into Taliban rule, Afghans still have almost no way of knowing whether soldiers, police and morality officers who abuse their…
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APOD: 2026 August 9 – Contemplating the Sun
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APOD: 2026 August 8 – A Messier Moment for Tempel 2
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Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine
An official update from UN News concerning world. PRESS01 provides a direct route to the originating publication and its complete supporting context.
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Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine
More than 300 children have died in the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN said…
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APOD: 2026 August 7 – Rubin’s Cosmos Field
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Ebola virus reaches displacement camps in DR Congo
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Ebola virus reaches displacement camps in DR Congo
Agencies are on high alert amid reports that the rapidly spreading Ebola Bundibugyo virus species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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Strengthening El Niño to push 49 million more people into acute hunger
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