Nature.com May 21, 2026 • 19:10

Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started? - Nature

Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started? - Nature

Public-health researcher James Baguma has studied the interactions between bats, which can carry the virus, and people in the region near the latest epidemic.

A researcher retrieves bats from a net inside a cave in central Africa.Credit: Steeve Jordan/AFP via Getty
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) might have caught most peo… [+3522 chars]

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