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Inside Ebola country: NPR reports from eastern DR Congo's outbreak zone

NPR | By Emmet Livingstone
Published June 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM EDT

In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an Ebola outbreak is reshaping life, with fear spreading faster than information and hospitals turning into places of urgent containment rather than care.

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