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A fruit bat is swabbed to test for viruses

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Fruit bats get swabbed to look for diseases that could jump to humans

Researchers are testing fruit bats in the Republic of the Congo for viruses such as Ebola to learn more about the risks of diseases spreading to humans

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A person receives a smallpox vaccine to protect against monkeypox in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in August 2022

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How the covid-19 pandemic helped tackle Ebola and monkeypox in 2022

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Red Cross workers place a coffin, containing someone who died of Ebola, into a grave on October 11 in Mubende, Uganda

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Uganda introduces its first Ebola lockdown while it waits for vaccines

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Medical workers disinfect beds at an Ebola treatment centre in Mubende, Uganda

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Uganda struggles to contain Ebola variant with no approved vaccine

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Ebola may persist in the body for years before sparking new outbreaks

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Guinea is swiftly vaccinating people to contain latest Ebola outbreak

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Guinea is swiftly vaccinating people to contain latest Ebola outbreak

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Ebola outbreak in the DRC ended thanks to vaccine distribution efforts

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Ebola outbreak in the DRC ended thanks to vaccine distribution efforts

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Marie-Roseline Darnycka Bélizaire

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How I launched WHO’s covid-19 response in the Central African Republic

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Democratic Republic of the Congo gears up to fight 11th Ebola outbreak

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Three new Ebola cases detected in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fresh cases of Ebola have been detected just days before the deadly epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was to be declared over

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Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo to be declared over

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Ebola breakthrough: two drugs could treat up to 90 per cent of cases

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Ebola case confirmed in major city in Democratic Republic of Congo

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