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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Prosper Heri Ngorora and Mark Banchereau

Residents in eastern Congo cling to hope as a new Ebola treatment trial begins

Ebola Trials - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Residents at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are pinning their hopes on experimental treatments after researchers began a highly anticipated study in early July of two possible Ebola treatments in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak.

At the Ebola treatment center inside Bunia's Evangelical Medical Center, in eastern Congo's Ituri province, the launch of the research was marked by urgency rather than ceremony on Thursday.

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