A second United States citizen has tested positive for Bundibugyo virus, a type of Ebola, while working as a humanitarian worker in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The CDC and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control confirmed the case on July 10, 2026. The patient was medically evacuated from DRC to a university hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 13 and is reported to be in stable condition.
No Bundibugyo virus cases have been confirmed on U.S. soil. The overall risk to the American public remains low, according to the CDC. But the outbreak has grown into the third-largest Ebola epidemic on record, and with two Americans now evacuated and the World Health Organization warning of significant undercounting in the field, the situation warrants close attention from anyone involved in international travel, aid work, or global health.
