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More than 5,000 people have died from an ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, government data shows.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The outbreak, which started in May, became the country's deadliest in its history in August, public health officials said.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

He made up for this outbreak of separatism by lobbying, before and after the war, to dig the Erie Canal, which would bind the interior and the coast of the country together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Kozack cited the country's severe financing constraints from before the outbreak of the war, and said its very narrow non-oil revenue base was also putting pressure on the fiscal balance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

An example from history concerns the great outbreak of cholera in London more than one hundred years ago.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

In the past, that secretive atmosphere has prevented information about other infectious outbreaks from becoming public, including an anthrax outbreak in 2016 in the Siberian province of Yamal that officials said killed two people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Few countries are more exposed to climate change than Tuvalu in the South Pacific, an atoll chain reckoning with rising seas, acidifying oceans and outbreaks of tropical disease.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

"We recommend further studies to better understand how the drugs can be used optimally, especially during virus outbreaks or pandemics," says Ianevski.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Data from the CDC reports there have been 42 outbreaks this year, there have been at least 4,410 confirmed measles cases as of Oct.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Francisco Pizarro, now governor of Peru, was learning that to avoid outbreaks of feckless violence he needed to keep his men occupied at all times.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann