Ebola Surge Outpaces Response in Congo | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Ebola is racing ahead of containment efforts in eastern Congo, with over 1,900 infections and 700 deaths in just months — the fastest-growing outbreak on the continent. A rare strain, undetected for weeks, is spreading through unknown transmission chains, overwhelming health systems already strained by conflict, funding gaps, and community distrust. Despite new treatment beds and lab upgrades, workers at a key treatment center went on strike over unpaid wages — just as promising clinical trials for a new treatment begin. With cases now reaching Uganda, the clock is ticking in a deadly race to stop the spread. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f27961adcbed754a