Global scramble to contain new Ebola outbreak as US moves to limit entry from virus-hit region

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Source: CNN World

Updated May 18, 2026, 12:56 PM ET
PUBLISHED May 18, 2026, 12:50 AM ET


An international effort is underway to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda that has infected hundreds of people and caused dozens of suspected deaths, with the United States triggering a public health law to limit entry from the affected region.

On Sunday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola epidemic a “public health emergency of international concern.” The latest outbreak does not yet meet the criteria of a “pandemic emergency,” but WHO warned the high positivity rate and increasing number of cases and deaths across health zones point toward “a potentially much larger outbreak than what is currently being detected and reported.” More than 100 suspected deaths have been linked to the outbreak in the DRC, the director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Jean Kaseya, told CNN on Monday.

That same day the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention invoked Title 42 – a public health law that restricts entry into the US during outbreaks of communicable diseases – for at least 30 days starting Monday. Title 42 has been on the books since 1944, but has only been used twice in the modern era. The first time was from March 2020 to May 2023 during Covid-19. Monday’s action on Ebola marks the second.

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, chief executive officer of the Infectious Disease Society of America, says restricting immigration can stem the spread of an infection, but only if measures are coupled with exit screening from affected countries and with attention to human rights. “Singling out non-US passport holders singles out non-US citizens,” she said. “Pathogens don’t recognize passports.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/africa/ebola-outbreak-global-efforts-americans-intl-hnk

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UPDATE OF THIS - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143666479

(invocation of Title 42)

[Turbineguy]

1. Pandemics are trump's favorite method of extermination.

He can blame God.

[paleotn]

2. If you're wondering which of the Four Horsemen Trump is....

I think Pestilence fits pretty well.

[purr-rat beauty]

3. Move over Hanta, Ebola is back!

I'm sorry but if a program to help stem the spread of these diseases is successful NOBODY should have the right nor ability to break it.

And if they do....they will be held accountable.

[popsdenver]

4. Mother Nature

continues to rear her ugly head.........She is growing increasingly pissed about the way humans are treating her planet and acting out in response.....Drought, Global Warming, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Volcanoes, etc the list of her weapons is endless.

When she finally tires of fighting the human race, she will do it in...........And after a few hundred thousand years, she will straighten in all out anew........but certainly will never put a human life form on her beloved Earth, EVER again......

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. So the US moves the infected American doctor to Germany, rather than taking care of him itself

Well, that's a great way to treat " a Christian missionary physician" - send him to a third country. I wonder what that government-sponsored Christian rally in Washington would have said if it had been announced to them.