#Bundibugyo is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 25 people shared 60 posts with it — around 2 a day. Activity is down 69% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 27 with 6 posts.

Posts with #Bundibugyo

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

4 months ago

The US government is working to extricate some Americans who had potentially problematic exposures to suspected #Ebola #Bundibugyo in DRC. But it won’t talk about it. When I and other journalists asked during a #CDC press conference, we got no answers. www.statnews.com/2026/05/….

www.statnews.com

In Ebola outbreak, a number of Americans in the Congo believed to have had exposure to suspected cases

A number of Americans who are in the Congo are believed to have had exposure to suspected cases in the country’s latest Ebola outbreak, sources have told STAT.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

4 months ago

1. #WHO has declared the #Ebola #Bundibugyo outbreak in NE DRC a public health emergency of international concern, aka a PHEIC. Yet another sign this is likely to be a very challenging outbreak. So far there've been 8 confirmed cases, 246 suspected cases & 80 suspected deaths.

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Epidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Di...

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Under the IHR (2005), @drtedros.who.int, the Director General of WHO, having consulted the States Parties where the event is occurring, has determined that the Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in DRC & Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern bit.ly/3P4ZDac

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA

@krutikakuppalli.bsky.social

4 months ago

The veiled assertions need to stop. #Bundibugyo has been known since 2007 and is known to cause fatal disease. Companies assess emerging infectious threats and begin work on vaccines/therapeutics long before the public hears about them. That’s not suspicious — it’s preparedness.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

4 months ago

#WHO said today that the suspected #Ebola #Bundibugyo case in Kinshasa tested negative on confirmatory testing. A tiny bit of good news in a very bad news situation. www.statnews.com/2026/05/….

www.statnews.com

WHO declares Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency

The WHO said an Ebola outbreak first seen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was an international public health emergency, underscoring the world's concerns.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

4 months ago

There's no vaccine to protect against #Ebola #Bundibugyo. But there is a tiny bit of animal data suggesting Ervebo, the Ebola Zaire vaccine, might offer some cross protection & debate within scientific circles & at #WHO over whether to try to see if it might help. www.statnews.com/2026/05/….

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With no approved vaccine for Ebola outbreak, experts weigh testing a long shot

With no approved vaccine for the fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the DRC, experts weigh testing one with unknown protection.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

@msf.ca

4 months ago

#Ebola outbreaks: There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments available for the #Bundibugyo virus. Our teams, along the Democratic Republic of Congo’s MOH are working to contain the spread of the disease and strengthen patient care: www.doctorswithoutborders….

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

4 months ago

1. #WHO updated today on the #Ebola #Bundibugyo outbreak in DRC: @drtedros.who.int was asked about Marco Rubio's claim that WHO was slow in identifying the outbreak. Tedros diplomatically suggested Rubio may not understand countries detect outbreaks. www.statnews.com/2026/05/….

www.statnews.com

After a critique from Rubio, WHO defends work on Ebola response

The WHO defended its Ebola response, noting it's national authorities who detect outbreaks. Marco Rubio had said the WHO was 'a little late'

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

4 months ago

The outbreak of #Ebola #Bundibugyo is now the 3rd largest on record. The #WHO country rep in DRC, Anne Ancia, told the World Health Assembly today that the suspected case count is now over 500, with 130 suspected deaths. This will be hugely difficult to contain. www.unognewsroom.org/stor….

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

2 months ago

There is a bit of evidence to suggest vaccines to protect against other species of #Ebola might offer cross protection against #Bundibugyo, the cause of the DRC outbreak. I wrote about it here: www.statnews.com/2026/05/…. Looks like it may be studied: www.bloomberg.com/news/ar….

www.statnews.com

With no approved vaccine for Ebola outbreak, experts weigh testing a long shot

With no approved vaccine for the fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the DRC, experts weigh testing one with unknown protection.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

about 2 months ago

The #Ebola #Bundibugyo outbreak in DRC's Ituri province is now the 2nd largest in known history, having overtaken the 2018-2020 outbreak in North-Kivu & Ituri in a matter of 2.5 months. Hard to say how big this one will get. Can't see it ending anytime soon.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦

@helenbranswell.bsky.social

2 months ago

The bits of animal data suggesting #Ervebo, the #Ebola Zaire vaccine, might be useful against #Bundibugyo Ebola are getting supported from data showing some cross protection in blood of vaccinees. That's leading to increasing calls to study the vaccine in DRC. www.statnews.com/2026/07/….

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New study supports testing of Merck’s Ebola vaccine in DRC outbreak

New data supports the idea that Merck’s Ebola vaccine Ervebo, licensed to target the Zaire species of ebolaviruses, could also offer some protection against another.

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA

@krutikakuppalli.bsky.social

2 months ago

New genomic data suggest the ongoing #Bundibugyo virus outbreak arose from a single zoonotic spillover, with the outbreak lineage likely emerging weeks before detection—underscoring the critical role of genomic surveillance for early outbreak detection and response. virological.org/t/genomic….

virological.org

Genomic epidemiology of the ongoing 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Genomic epidemiology of the ongoing 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa – DRC and partners Conte...

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