NPR July 23, 2026 • 11:23

Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak - NPR

By Jonathan Lambert

Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak - NPR

To get slightly<em> </em>ahead of the virus, health officials need to quickly identify people at risk of infection, a practice known as contact tracing. That's a challenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The key to ending any infectious disease outbreak, especially one for which there's no approved vaccine, like the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is getting slightly ahead… [+4159 chars]

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