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    Ebola Outbreak In Congo Enters Year 2. Is An End In Sight?

    The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now entering its second year. Medical workers discuss causes for optimism — and pessimism.
    by Jason Beaubien Aug 01, 2019 3 minutes
    Health workers in Congo carry the coffins of Ebola victims to a burial site.

    "This is not a happy anniversary," says Yap Boum, the regional representative for Epicentre Africa, the research arm of MÊdecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).

    On August 1 of 2018 the World Health Organization confirmed four Ebola cases in the conflict-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then the outbreak has slowly and steadily worsened. There have now been roughly 2,700 cases and more than 1,800 deaths from the disease, making this

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