An American working in the #DRC tested positive for #Ebola, the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (#CDC) confirmed Monday. Authorities did not name the person. Earlier that day, the international charity Serge reported that a Christian missionary physician had “tested positive” after “presenting symptoms consistent with the virus.”
#PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/africa/ebola-outbreak-global-efforts-americans-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown to nearly 500 suspected cases and 116 deaths, and the World Health Organization has declared it a public health emergency of international concern. @NBCNews has more on how the virus spreads and the risk of a larger outbreak.
"#TheElementsOfPower: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth," a new book by journalist #NicolasNiarchos, paints a semi-apocalyptic vision of that #cobalt’s origins: corrupt bargains between politicians and foreign companies, displacement and environmental destruction, cave-ins that bury miners alive."
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/elements-power-nicolas-niarchos-cobalt-exploitation/
#tech #Congo #DRC #mining #cobaltMining #artisanalMining #ecocide #books @bookstodon
#Trump White House resisted allowing an American doctor exposed to #Ebola while working in the #DRC to return to the #US, acc/to 5 people familiar with the Ebola response…, delaying the #evacuation & #care of Peter Stafford, who was ultimately transported to #Germany [Danke Deutschland].
The admin’s reluctance to bring an infected American back to US soil marked a sharp contrast with the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
#NoCompassion #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05/20/white-house-resisted-letting-doctor-with-ebola-return-us/
