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Health & Education·2d ago

Ebola Outbreak in DRC and Uganda Triggers Global Travel Restrictions and Contact-Tracing Crisis

A fast-spreading Ebola outbreak of the vaccine-resistant Bundibugyo strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spilled into Uganda and prompted a cascade of international travel restrictions, with the WHO warning that the epidemic is outpacing response efforts amid violence and funding shortages.

Kinshasa · Kampala · Bengaluru

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Jagat Prakash Nadda Jesca Alupo Diana Atwine

Health & Education·14h ago

WHO chief arrives in DR Congo as Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak kills over 200, calls for ceasefire and clinical trials

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus landed in Kinshasa on Thursday evening, vowing the deadly Bundibugyo-strain Ebola outbreak can be stopped, as the WHO pushes for clinical trials on vaccines and treatments.

Kinshasa · Bunia

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Marco Rubio

Health & Education·yesterday

WHO Chief Rushes to Congo as Rare, Vaccine-Less Ebola Strain Spirals Into Third-Largest Outbreak

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo as an Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain—which has no approved vaccine or treatment—surges past 1,000 suspected cases and 246 suspected deaths, prompting international emergency measures.

Kinshasa · Bunia

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Beccy Cooper Jean Kaseya

Health & Education·4d ago

Valencian Teachers’ Strike Continues After Partial Salary Deal Splits Unions

A partial agreement on salaries between the Valencian government and two minority teachers’ unions fractured the united front of an indefinite strike, but the three largest unions rejected the offer as insufficient, leaving the walkout in its third week.

València

Carme Ortí Marc Candela Daniel McEvoy

Health & Education·4d ago

Spain confirms new hantavirus case among quarantined cruise passengers in Madrid

Spain's health ministry reported a new positive hantavirus test among Spanish passengers quarantined in Madrid after a cruise ship outbreak, with the asymptomatic patient moved to a high-level isolation unit.

Madrid · Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Mónica García Stéphanie Rist

Health & Education·13h ago

Panhellenic Exams 2026 Begin: Thousands of Greek Students Sit for Modern Greek Language and Literature

The 2026 Panhellenic Examinations, Greece's high-stakes university entrance exams, began on Friday, May 29, with candidates from General Lyceums across the country taking the Modern Greek Language and Literature test.

Athens

Stella Argyriou

Health & Education·2d ago

Italian Doctor in Quarantine After Ebola Contact as DRC Outbreak Worsens Amid Conflict and Vaccine Gap

An Italian MSF surgeon is in quarantine after contact with Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a Bundibugyo-strain outbreak—with no approved vaccine—is spreading amid conflict.

Bunia · Rome

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus John Johnson Vasee Moorthy Antonio Tajani Edmondo Cirielli

Health & Education·3d ago

Belen Rodriguez Hospitalized After Distress Call Leads to Three-Hour Standoff in Milan Apartment

Argentine showgirl Belén Rodriguez was taken to hospital on Monday morning after neighbors in Milan's Brera district heard her screaming for help, triggering a three-hour police and firefighter intervention.

Milan

Belén Rodriguez Adrian Mutu

Health & Education·4d ago

Ebola scare in Italy ends as tests confirm two aid workers from Uganda have Shigella, not Bundibugyo virus

Two Italian aid workers who returned from Uganda with fever and gastrointestinal symptoms have tested negative for the Ebola virus, with authorities confirming a bacterial Shigella infection instead.

Milan · Kinshasa · Kampala · Como

Guido Bertolaso Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Fabrizio Pregliasco Serena Arrighi Chikwe Ihekweazu

Health & Education·2d ago

Norovirus outbreak at Athens' Attikon hospital sparks alarm as staff union blames chronic overcrowding and understaffing

Dozens of suspected gastroenteritis cases, confirmed as norovirus, have been reported at the University General Hospital "Attikon" in Athens, with the workers' union linking the outbreak to years of chronic overcrowding and a lack of basic infrastructure.

Athens

Spyros Apostolopoulos Sotirios Tsiodras Spyros Pournaras

Health & Education·2d ago

Uganda Closes Border with Congo Over Ebola Outbreak, Defying WHO Advice, as Canada and US Impose Travel Bans

Uganda has shut its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in response to a growing Ebola outbreak, as Canada, the Bahamas and the U.S. impose their own travel restrictions.

Kampala · Bunia

Diana Atwine Jesca Alupo Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Obed Katureebe