outbreak
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An American physician who is in Congo as part of a Christian mission has tested positive for a rare strain of Ebola virus in an outbreak that has caught global health officials off guard.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
An outbreak of the potentially deadly virus began in Congo and has spread to neighboring Uganda.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Dealing with this outbreak is difficult as it involves a rare strain for which there is no vaccine and the cases have been found in an area affected by conflict.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
There is no vaccine or specific treatment for the strain responsible for the current outbreak of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever, which has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the last 50 years.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
In years to come people would call the outbreak of firepox that struck Ketterdam the Queen’s Lady Plague, after the ship believed to have brought the contagion to the city.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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