A staff member hangs up protective equipment to dry at the Ebola Treatment Center in Munigi, Congo, on June 2, 2026. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty ImagesThe State Department announced Friday nearly $38 million in additional funding to support the U.S. response to an Ebola outbreak in Congo and neighboring Uganda, bringing the State Department’s total contributions for the effort to more than $200 million.The department said the new money will expand contact tracing, border and airport screening, supplies for health clinics, community education campaigns to counter misinformation, safe and dignified burials, diagnostic capacity, and food assistance for patients and health workers.
US Adds Nearly $38 Million for Ebola Response, as CDC Warns 2014-Level Outbreak
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