The third-largest Ebola outbreak on record is spreading through DRC and Uganda — and aid workers, former USAID officials, and global health experts say recent US funding cuts have made detection and response significantly harder

The World Health Organization declared, on May 17, 2026, that the Ebola outbreak currently spreading through the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. The declaration came as case counts had already pushed the outbreak past the threshold for becoming the third-largest Ebola outbreak on record, after the [...] The post The third-largest Ebola outbreak on record is spreading through DRC and Uganda — and aid workers, former USAID off