'Breakneck' Ebola epidemic in Congo outpaces world's response
In an Ebola outbreak, hours matter.
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The U.S. is discussing with Kenya opening a facility there to quarantine American citizens who become exposed to the Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo, two
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Is sharing your data worth what you’re getting out of it? That may be the wrong question to ask when you are thinking about whether to share.
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AI models can simulate the answers thousands of people would provide to a survey, but the results aren’t a reliable measure of what real people would actually say.
May 27, 2026
Western states are figuring out how to make electricity-sharing work, but it isn’t easy. Texas learned that the hard way.
May 27, 2026
Some over-the-counter and at-home remedies can help reduce eye irritation that causes rubbing. But if those don’t bring relief, it’s important to see an eye doctor.
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The late postpartum period has the highest risk for maternal deaths, yet the standard of postpartum care in the US ends at approximately six weeks after birth.
May 27, 2026
Blood testing is now included in screening recommendations for colon and rectal cancer
May 27, 2026
Nvidia's chief executive said on Wednesday the chip company plans to invest around $150 billion a year in Taiwan, terming it the "epicentre" of the AI
May 27, 2026
This year’s World Cup is testing the public health playbook
May 27, 2026
In the lowest place on Earth, a sea is rapidly dying — and no one can agree how to save it
May 27, 2026
The number of cases of Hantavirus linked to a cruise ship at the centre of an outbreak has increased to 13, the head of the World Health Organization
May 27, 2026
There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in this camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo
May 27, 2026
NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II mission
May 27, 2026
SpaceX's upgraded Starship launch on Friday delivered enough progress to keep the momentum intact behind Elon Musk's $1.75 trillion IPO, while
May 27, 2026
SK Hynix topped $1 trillion in market value for the first time on Wednesday, joining its memory chip rivals Samsung Electronics and
May 27, 2026
Samsung Electronics plans to invest 39 trillion dong ($1.5 billion) in Vietnam to build a semiconductor testing plant, its proposal
May 27, 2026
Officials have lifted evacuation orders for final 16,000 residents near a damaged chemical tank in California
May 26, 2026
Russia has handed Kazakhstan four Amur tigers, two of them cubs, to help the country restore its numbers of the animals, President Vladimir Putin said in an
May 27, 2026
Evacuation orders lifted in California chemical tank emergency after worst-case explosion risk eliminated
May 24, 2026
North Korea says its latest launches involved multiple weapons systems, including a nuclear-capable cruise missile that leader Kim Jong Un plans to deploy with front-line units facing South Korea
May 27, 2026
North Korea has tested a mix of tactical ballistic missiles, artillery rockets and AI-guided precision cruise missiles designed for modern warfare under leader
May 27, 2026
The Trump administration is working on a deal to give weapons-grade plutonium to energy companies
May 27, 2026
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday condemned the attack on Barakah Nuclear Plant in the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement, adding that the
May 27, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has captured the internet's attention by wrangling two snakes bare-handed
May 27, 2026
President Donald Trump has wrapped up a three-hour visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House describes as preventive medical and dental exams
May 26, 2026
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record closing highs on Tuesday, as AI-fueled optimism offset anxiety over Middle East peace
May 27, 2026
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To travel between solar systems, a spacecraft would need extremely sophisticated – if not impossible – technology.
May 27, 2026
An astronaut suddenly couldn’t speak in space. What does that mean for future missions?
May 27, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin will oversee the signing of a deal outlining parameters for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan
May 26, 2026
Micron Technology briefly topped $1 trillion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, crowning a dizzying rally that has cemented the U.S
May 26, 2026
As U.S. kamikaze drones guided by Elon Musk’s Starlink network began to make visible gains in the war against Iran, senior SpaceX officials reached a
May 26, 2026
The U.S. said on Tuesday it had chosen five companies, including Oklo, to enter advanced talks over potentially using its Cold War-era plutonium as a
May 26, 2026
Syria's transitional leadership has located remnants of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's clandestine chemical weapons program, including raw
May 26, 2026
Advisers to the U.S.
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Whiskey shop using AI tool to help customers find their perfect bottle
May 26, 2026
Indian officials investigating last year's deadly Air India crash are preparing an interim report rather than a final
May 26, 2026
‘Mind-bogglingly crazy’: Europe’s deadly, early heatwave is smashing records
May 26, 2026
Salmon have faced a boom-bust cycle for years. Making their recovery last longer will require some big changes, including how hatcheries produce fish.
May 26, 2026
Even though annual precipitation is rising nationally, the landscape is drying out more rapidly. That’s changing the water cycle.
May 26, 2026
Teens need to press pause on late-night doomscrolling
May 26, 2026
When people harness the logic of natural selection, they can often find efficient and effective ways to solve complex problems.
May 26, 2026
Human therapists have a legal duty to warn authorities and potential targets when patients say they plan to harm someone. The same can – in theory – be required of AI chatbots .
May 26, 2026
Federal officials are considering cool water releases for the third consecutive year at Glen Canyon Dam in Northern Arizona this summer to safeguard the humpback chub, a federally protected fish
May 26, 2026
When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now disappearing.
May 26, 2026
China's booming pharmaceutical industry is not being impacted by Beijing's tightening scrutiny over deals involving sensitive technologies, the CEO of JW
May 26, 2026
AI is now the machine deciding whether your payment goes through. And when it makes a mistake, the system isn’t designed to tell you why.
May 26, 2026
Medications used to perform abortions are also widely used to treat severe pregnancy complications, as well as several conditions unrelated to childbirth.
May 26, 2026
Russia can falsify GPS signals deep into Europe at a radius of up to 450km (280 miles) from its Kaliningrad exclave due to hugely-expanded capacity, a
May 26, 2026
Manganese producer Element 25 said on Tuesday it is reviewing its project execution plan for the production of high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) in Louisiana, U.S.,
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The U.S.
May 26, 2026
Trump’s advanced age and threats to his life serve as reminders of his own mortality
May 26, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday the rapid development and adoption of AI would not lead to a global "jobs apocalypse" and the technology had not
May 26, 2026
South Korea will seek to launch its first nuclear-powered submarine by the mid-2030s, under a new programme aimed at countering North Korea's submarine-launched nuclear and
May 26, 2026
Hotel Momentum stands above Switzerland's Loetschen Valley as a symbol of recovery, a year after a
May 26, 2026
DRC is no stranger to Ebola outbreaks. Why isn’t there a vaccine or treatment to help now?
May 26, 2026
Health workers responding to a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo face two threats
May 25, 2026
Atlanta metro downpour leads to massive fish kill on the Chattahoochee River
May 26, 2026
Spanish citizen evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship tests positive
May 26, 2026
Firefighters contending with a dangerously overheating industrial tank of a hazardous chemical in Southern California have eliminated the possibility of the tank exploding after a
May 25, 2026
Archaeologists uncover graves and artifacts at former asylum
May 26, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit
May 25, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has started preventive radiation treatment after being diagnosed with early-stage skin
May 25, 2026
Catholic popes have been urging global leaders to address social justice issues for 135 years across some two dozen major documents that many of the
May 25, 2026
Why did T. rex have tiny arms? A new study may finally have the answer
May 25, 2026
Freshman recognized for creating disaster communication packs after Helene
May 25, 2026
Pope Leo warns of AI fueling warfare in first major theological document
May 25, 2026
Inside the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in DRC as the virus spreads
May 24, 2026
The co-founder of AI company Anthropic said on Monday that the development of artificial intelligence cannot be left solely to
May 25, 2026
The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday that the fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was outpacing response efforts, giving the
May 25, 2026
Cave diving is fraught with danger, but the reward is sights like nothing else on Earth
May 25, 2026
Pope Leo urged governments to slow down and closely regulate the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday, warning
May 25, 2026
Want to be happier and healthier? Switch up your day with movement breaks
May 25, 2026
Flight diverted because of power bank charging device in hold luggage
May 25, 2026
Rising seas will swallow New Orleans. People need to start relocating now, scientists say
May 25, 2026
Myanmar's military has launched renewed offensives into several border regions, including a frontier area with critical rare earth deposits and other vital trade routes, a month
May 25, 2026
When He Tingbo was put in charge of Huawei's chip development in 2003, the young engineer was handed an annual budget of $400
May 25, 2026
A local hospital official says that angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of an outbreak in eastern Congo, demanding the bodies of their relatives
May 25, 2026
Huawei Technologies said on Monday it will make industry-leading semiconductors using a new technology in five years,
May 25, 2026
China has launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with three astronauts heading to its space station
May 24, 2026
Authorities are bracing for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California could leak or explode
May 24, 2026
Experts trying to prevent a tank holding a highly toxic and flammable chemical from exploding in Southern California found a "potential crack" in the container that might
May 25, 2026
Man recalls being inside Waymo as it sped through construction zone, chased by police
May 25, 2026
What most people misunderstand about sepsis
May 25, 2026
AI is learning to fly airplanes — and aviation is starting to embrace it
May 25, 2026
Professor, team get $1.8M grant to turn surplus sweet potatoes into plant-based milk
May 25, 2026
Russia pounded Kyiv and surrounding areas with hundreds of drones and missiles on Sunday in one of the heaviest bombardments of the city since
May 24, 2026
I tried to turn my phone off for a week. Why it didn’t work
May 24, 2026
Firefighters trying to keep a tank of hazardous chemicals in California from exploding or leaking brought in outside experts to help prevent a catastrophe, the incident commander
May 24, 2026
Officials race to cool down tank containing toxic chemical as 50,000 residents remain under evacuation order in California
May 23, 2026
Authorities are bracing for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California could leak or explode
May 23, 2026
China sent three astronauts to its space station on Sunday, one of whom will stay for a year, a record length for the country, enabling the study of
May 24, 2026
Fact check: 28 separate false claims Trump made this week
May 23, 2026
About 40,000 people are under evacuation orders and schools have shut down in Southern California due to a hazardous chemical leak
May 23, 2026
Russia is preparing a strike against Ukraine using a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, citing intelligence from
May 23, 2026
The Milky Way ate another galaxy. Scientists say they’ve found the scraps
May 23, 2026
At least 86 children have died from confirmed measles infections in Bangladesh this year, and another 426 with symptoms consistent with the disease, health officials said on
May 23, 2026
Americans coming back from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan now have a second entry point for returning to the United States, with the CDC on
May 23, 2026
Want to be happier? You may need to think more about death
May 23, 2026
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek will make permanent a 75% price cut on its flagship V4‑Pro artificial intelligence model, keeping prices at a quarter of their
May 23, 2026
AI is changing the internet forever. Here’s how
May 23, 2026
Some of the plants that make familiar landscapes recognizable may not survive by century's end
May 23, 2026
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck near Honaunau-Napoopoo on the Big Island of Hawaii late on Friday and the state's volcano observatory was assessing the Kilauea volcano, the
May 23, 2026
The Red Cross on Saturday paid tribute to three volunteers who are believed to have died after contracting Ebola while handling bodies and are among
May 23, 2026
Moments of joy are common whenever hospital facility dogs show up to spend time with patients
May 23, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Saturday that his forecast of a $200 billion market for CPUs includes China, signalling Nvidia still sees
May 23, 2026
Wildfire season is off to a historic start and it could get worse
May 23, 2026
Officials ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes in the Los Angeles suburb of Garden Grove on Friday due to a failing chemical tank that was
May 23, 2026
In the sky over western Ukraine, a bullet-shaped P1-SUN interceptor drone dived towards its target as dozens of soldiers looked on.
May 23, 2026
Authorities say fentanyl and methamphetamine were found at a home where first responders became sick after answering a call about suspected overdoses in a rural New Mexico county
May 23, 2026
SpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet
May 23, 2026
Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola
May 23, 2026
A four-week conference at the United Nations to review the treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons has ended without an agreement as the United States and Iran spar over Iran's nuclear program
May 23, 2026
The United States on Friday temporarily banned the entry of lawful permanent residents who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or
May 23, 2026
SpaceX completed a largely successful test flight of its next-generation Starship rocket on Friday, deploying a clutch of mock
May 23, 2026
The U.S. missionary who tested positive for Ebola and is undergoing treatment in a German hospital has been given drugs aimed at reducing disease
May 23, 2026
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday announced a $600 million expansion of Blue Origin's Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral.
May 23, 2026
The 18 American passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship are getting a taste of Nebraska hospitality as they wait to find out how much longer they will have to remain in quarantine at the hospital in Omaha
May 23, 2026
Authorities in northeastern Congo have banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak
May 22, 2026
A proposed $7.25 billion settlement over claims that Roundup weedkiller causes cancer now faces potential delays
May 23, 2026
Foxes, snakes, ticks, and more: Experts share what to do if you encounter animals amid increased wildlife activity
May 23, 2026
Woman diagnosed with rare disease plans celebration of life
May 23, 2026
Protesters attack DRC treatment center as the WHO warns violence is threatening Ebola efforts
May 22, 2026
The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo province most affected by the country's Ebola outbreak banned funeral
May 22, 2026
It would be a mistake to underestimate the risk posed by the Ebola outbreak, the WHO regional director for Africa said on Friday, warning that just one case
May 22, 2026
The Associated Press has learned that officials at the Food and Drug Administration were blindsided by a recent policy change allowing more electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches to hit the U.S. market
May 22, 2026
The U.S.
May 22, 2026
A PDF let the internet hear the final words in the cockpit of a UPS plane as it crashed. The NTSB now wants it taken down
May 22, 2026
US funding cuts have hampered response to the deadly Ebola crisis, aid workers say
May 22, 2026
Volunteers are going door-to-door to combat misinformation about Ebola in the area at the centre of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
May 22, 2026
The World Health Organization has raised the risk of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola turning into a national outbreak in the Democratic
May 22, 2026
Short-term humanitarian aid won’t go far in alleviating Cuba’s long-term energy crisis.
May 22, 2026
Sensationalizing extreme behaviors like self-starvation and ‘bonesmashing’ rather than treating them as mental health symptoms can prevent boys and young men from getting much-needed care.
May 22, 2026
Changes in how healthcare is managed have had a meaningful effect on what contraceptive options are available to women.
May 22, 2026
Your body adjusts your food intake and activity to maintain a balanced weight and avoid starvation. Researchers have proposed several theories explaining how this works.
May 22, 2026
Everything the ROI team are reading, watching and listening to over the weekend. From Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Markets & Finance Hello Morning Bid readers!
May 22, 2026
Colorado Department of Corrections introduces high tech training for parole officers
May 22, 2026
Minnesota DNR proposes walleye bag limit change
May 22, 2026
A U.S. citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain has killed over 130 people, is not critically ill and his wife
May 22, 2026
Space-themed exchange-traded funds are blasting off, with asset managers rushing to issue new products ahead of the much-anticipated IPO
May 22, 2026
New York City's iconic pizzerias and bagel shops may soon be forced to update their long-standing baking practices after state lawmakers moved to ban a common additive
May 22, 2026
The U.S. Marines have demonstrated their capabilities with a live-fire exercise in Japan, showcasing the HIMARS mobile rocket system
May 22, 2026
There are ways to reduce emissions without sacrificing yield. A new study shows how, and looks at a technique billed as ‘climate-friendly’ that makes emissions worse.
May 22, 2026
The call for help came in early May: a cruise ship off Cape Verde was stranded, with
May 22, 2026
The risk of Ebola affecting fans at the World Cup is low, according to Dr Oliver Johnson, a global health academic at King's College London,
May 22, 2026
Advanced Micro Devices is working with Taiwan partners to ramp up production capacity as stronger-than-expected demand squeezes the global
May 22, 2026
SpaceX on Thursday scrubbed the launch of its 12th Starship rocket from Texas and said it will attempt the high-stakes test flight again on Friday, as Elon Musk's space company
May 22, 2026