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Ebola kills over 5,300 in fastest-growing outbreak on record

The outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, has infected more than 10,000 people since May and has spread to Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria.

2 November 2026

Europe Today

Robinson: Europe doesn't 'care enough' about Congo's Ebola outbreak

Mary Robinson, Ireland’s former president, has called on G20 countries to release the full €3 billion pledged to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has claimed 5,000 lives in less than six months.

2 November 2026

Health news

Experts call on UN to declare climate change a health emergency

Climate change should be declared a global health emergency as its impacts intensify faster than action to address them, authors of a major new report warn.

28 October 2026

Health news

Deadly parasite: How fox tapeworm warns of pandemic X

The WHO has developed an early warning system to spot looming pandemics. Tropical medicine expert Dr Carsten Köhler from Tübingen explains the background to Euronews.

27 October 2026

Health news

Ebola: Kenya confirms eighth case as DRC outbreak reaches new province

Kenya has confirmed an eighth Ebola case, while the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to spread to new areas.

19 October 2026

Health news

Kenya reports second Ebola case but sees no wider spread

Kenya has confirmed its second Ebola case, a close relative of the country’s first victim, as the outbreak in Congo continues to grow.

15 October 2026

Health news

"Global health is a team sport": World Health Summit in Berlin

In a world of multiple crises, global health must once again be seen as a team sport, says World Health Summit president Prof Dr Axel R. Pries in an interview with Euronews. He also sees Europe, built on the EU framework, in a leading role.

14 October 2026

Health news

Childhood trauma affects most young people in Europe, WHO warns

Two-thirds of European children experienced trauma that ‘follows them into the classroom, job market and their relationships’.

8 October 2026

Europe Today

Siberia plague outbreak is an 'isolated incident', virologist says

Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst says that while people may think of plague as “something medieval”, cases are reported every year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar. However, he says the laboratory link makes this incident “a little more serious”.

7 October 2026

Health news

One in eight cancer cases linked to preventable infections

Infections caused by viruses, bacterium and parasites caused an estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases in 2024, with low- and middle-income countries bearing most of the burden.

29 September 2026

Health news

Women in health earn 19% less than men, WHO warns

Despite dominating Europe's health and care sector, women hold just over half of its top-paying jobs, according to a new WHO report.

18 September 2026

Health news

WHO declares Uganda Ebola-free after 42 days with no new cases

Uganda shares an 877-kilometre border with the DRC, which is battling the deadliest Ebola outbreak in its history.

27 August 2026

Health news

DRC to receive 70,000 doses of Ebola vaccine used in past outbreaks

The International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, which includes the WHO and other partners, said the doses will be released immediately following a request from DR Congo’s government.

20 August 2026

Health news

Lucy Davis reveals cancer diagnosis. When should you get screened?

British actor Lucy Davis almost ignored the first sign of her breast cancer. Here’s what to look out for and when to get screened.

13 August 2026

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Congo’s Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest in history

“At its current pace, it’s on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Wednesday.

13 August 2026

Health news

WHO warehouse in Ukraine destroyed after overnight strikes 

A World Health Organization humanitarian warehouse holding supplies worth an estimated $500,000 was destroyed, as Kyiv and Moscow exchanged missile strikes over the weekend.

11 August 2026