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Following the 42-day monitoring period, Uganda declared the end to the 2026 #Ebola #bundibugyo outbreak. Minister of Health Dr. Baryomunsi attributed success to continued investment and strengthened public health #preparedness, lab capacity, #surveillance, and joint efforts. health.go.ug/news/

Absolutely agree with Dr. Hammer @epihammer.bsky.social . Data and hypotheses generated through #Fieldepi inform academic research in many ways. That’s why funding for shoe-leather epidemiology must be preserved, it strengthens both public health practice and the sciences. #EpiSky #PublicHealth

How do countries prepare for infectious disease threats before they become public health emergencies? How do experts assess changing risks? And why is avian influenza monitored so closely? #ECDConAir #PublicHealth #IDsky #EpiSky

The recorded death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the DRC is about to cross 1,000 cases. In reality there have likely been a lot more deaths already. Many new cases appear to have no link to known cases, suggesting much of the spread is still happening in the dark.

Yesterday marked two months since the DRC declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak, @drtedros.who.int says in presser. "It's now the third largest Ebola outbreak on record, and in the past months, it has expanded faster than any previous outbreak."

“Preparedness cannot begin when an outbreak is declared. It must be built and sustained in advance.” 🚨 The Ebola outbreak in the DRC, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, must serve as a wake-up call to the world, says ITM Professor of Virology Kevin Ariën in Nature. Read more: tinyurl.com/3pjfj29n

#Ebola: DRC is trailing in posting new numbers. They had been posting on a one-day delay, but there have been some gaps of late. The numbers as of 6/29: 1,333 confirmed cases, 399 of which were fatal. An increase of 26 new cases from the previous day. A hike in contacts identified, which is good.

I am very honoured to have had my work on disease emergence and pandemic preparedness highlighted together with the work of @ksbakes.bsky.social in this @cam.ac.uk Research Profile. Thank you to everyone who is making this research possible.

New modelling study by WHO Africa. Actual cases tracking mostly with central model, which would lead to ~8k cases by Sept and with South Sudan having ~70% risk of spillover.

Congratulations to our very first cohort of students of the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience 🎉

The amazing teams around Dav Ebengo & Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, alongside the Institut National de Santé Publique and AfricaCDC have led an effort to improve understanding of the current #Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak. Data: github.com/INRB-UMIE/Eb... Dashboard: inrb-umie.github.io/EBOV2026_Epi...

Both Ebola and hantavirus are zoonotic. These outbreaks are not random. They are linked to combinations of ecological disruption, changing human–animal contact, insecurity, and environmental change. Preparedness and prevention have to be prioritised where risk is highest.

The concern here is not a global Ebola pandemic. It is the severe, localised impact on already fragile systems, and what it tells us about how risk is changing. The challenge is less about single outbreaks, and more about whether preparedness is keeping up with that shift.

At the same time, preparedness and surveillance are still often organised around individual pathogens (although change in that domain is underway). But real-world crises do not arrive one by one. They overlap, interact, and place simultaneous strain on health systems and governance.

In eastern DRC, the Ebola outbreak is unfolding in a context of insecurity, cross‑border movement, and constrained response capacity. Different strain, no approved vaccine, aid cuts, limited trust, high mobility. These are not side issues. They shape what response is possible.

These are not isolated events. They sit within a wider landscape of growing socio‑ecological complexity, fragility, and interdependence. Risk is not contained within single diseases or places. It is distributed across systems, environments, and contexts.

The current Ebola outbreak, alongside a recent hantavirus incident in a very different setting, is a reminder of how outbreak risk is actually unfolding today. As both a researcher in this space and someone who has worked in outbreak response, this pattern is becoming increasingly familiar.

Our next Epinowcast session will focus on #Ebola. 3-4 speakers with short perspectives (5-10 mins each), followed by an open discussion. Topics will cover Ebola transmission dynamics as well as the current BVD outbreak response, approached through an infectious disease modelling lens.

Insightful, timely and beautifully articulated interview by Neil Vora, MD with @mongabay.com exploring pandemics, disease outbreaks, environmental degradation and the deep connections between nature, public health, equity and our collective livelihoods. news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026...

It's time to get our act together: invest in true prevention alongside stronger public health response. I wrote about all of this in TIME today. time.com/article/2026...