Is The U.S. Stepping Up In The Fight Against Ebola? Authors: Josh Michaud and Jennifer Kates Published: May 23, 2026

https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/is-the-u-s-stepping-up-in-the-fight-against-ebola/ The recently announced Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is quickly escalating in the region, emerges at a time when the larger fiscal and programmatic environment for global health efforts faces particular hurdles, and international cooperation has been significantly challenged. This is in large part due to policy decisions made by the Trump administration and presents the first real global outbreak test following those changes.