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Mob Burns Congo Ebola Center Amid Rare Strain Outbreak
A Mob Burns Congo's Ebola Center. The Virus Now Has More Room to Move.
What Happened
A mob attacked and burned an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo during an active outbreak involving a rare strain of the virus. The destruction of the facility directly undermines the medical response capacity on the ground, potentially allowing the outbreak to spread furt...
What's In Your Control
Donating to MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) or the CDC Foundation, which fund on-the-ground response in exactly these situations. If you work in global health, public health policy, or infectious di...
