{"id":344616,"date":"2026-05-18T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ebola-outbreak-could-be-getting-out-control-amid-aid-cuts-says-frontline-doctor\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:00:04","slug":"ebola-outbreak-could-be-getting-out-control-amid-aid-cuts-says-frontline-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ebola-outbreak-could-be-getting-out-control-amid-aid-cuts-says-frontline-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebola outbreak could be getting out control amid aid cuts, says frontline doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jKg_9IKjbMs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Ebola outbreak could be getting out control amid aid cuts, says frontline doctor\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jKg_9IKjbMs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization has declared the latest Ebola outbreak an international emergency, as cases continue to rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda &#8211; including infections reported in the capital, Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The current outbreak is being driven by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are currently no approved vaccines or treatments. Fears are growing that this could escalate into a crisis on the scale of the devastating 2014 West Africa outbreak, which killed more than 11,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Fourcast, we ask how serious the threat really is, whether the world is better prepared than it was a decade ago, and what lessons were learned from previous epidemics. 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