Ebola: Quick Facts

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Nov. 11, 2026

News •

Ebola tops 11,000 cases in Congo's deadliest outbreak • Nov. 11, 2026, 3:56 PM ET (AP)

Kenya discharges last Ebola patient, beginning countdown to Ebola-free declaration • Nov. 11, 2026, 5:12 AM ET (AP)

British doctor who tested positive for Ebola in Congo is evacuated to London hospital • Nov. 5, 2026, 5:39 PM ET (AP)

Kenya releases 5 Ebola patients after negative tests as 2 remain hospitalized • Nov. 3, 2026, 11:44 AM ET (AP)

Congo's Ebola deaths top 5,000 as fear of continent-wide spread mounts • Oct. 31, 2026, 4:57 AM ET (AP)

Facts

Also Known As	Ebola hemorrhagic fever • EVD • Ebola virus disease

Photos

Ebolavirus and Ebola virus disease

Rusty warning sign in French reading Attention Ebola, with instructions not to touch or handle animals found dead in the forest, displayed beside a road in Makoua, Congo.

A health worker in protective clothing checks the temperature of a masked patient arriving by motorcycle taxi at Rwampara Hospital, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ebola virus disease; hand washing

Health workers in full protective gear disinfect an isolation ward in a hospital room during the Ebola outbreak in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Close-up illustration of the Ebola virus, showing a single, long, filamentous strand with looped ends against a dark background.

Ebola; ebolavirus

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Topics

post-Ebola syndrome disseminated intravascular coagulation ebolavirus fever notifiable disease zoonotic disease bloodborne disease viral hemorrhagic fever AIDS malaria tuberculosis plague bird flu yellow fever anthrax typhus dengue hepatitis C

Key People

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Peter Piot

Belgian microbiologist

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