Potential Ebola outbreak reported in DRC at a time of strained U.S.-WHO relations Tanzania is separately confronting an outbreak of Marburg fever

https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/potential-ebola-outbreak-drc-who-us/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9ibZnTUYR4Jv7HQ7IwTWRVj6s11bWc6TrjowXHu3trlUeoIRQxSPs4gjM3WBLkRV3VG4jN5_yOWlZBhA4Nnw2Jd39lOg&_hsmi=344625380&utm_content=344625380&utm_source=hs_email In the midst of a communication pause between the Trump administration and the WHO, there’s a potential Ebola outbreak in a western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Global health experts told STAT’s Helen Branswell that the news underscored how unwise it is for the U.S. to sever ties with the WHO. On top of that, in Tanzania (which shares a border with DRC) there’s an outbreak of Marburg fever, caused by a related virus. Read more from Helen.