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An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to eastern South Kivu province in an area under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, the group's spokesman said Thursday, heightening fears of the deadly disease's growing reach.

People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said,

The species of Ebola virus causing an outbreak in Congo that has killed more than 130 people is less common than other Ebola viruses, which is complicating the response because there are no specific treatments or vaccines.

At least six Americans were exposed to a terrifying strain of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo — and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to withdraw the possibly infected individuals.

People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said,

"Due to entry restrictions put in place to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus, the passenger should not have boarded the plane," a CBP spokesperson said.

As a deadly Ebola outbreak tears through northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, many first responders are turning a critical eye on events that preceded the crisis: layoffs of health workers funded by the United States,

Some Americans seem to be extra-alarmed about Ebola and hantavirus in the wake of COVID-19. But public health experts say they don't expect another pandemic this time.