The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activated a Level 2 Emergency Operations Center and issued a federal channelling order requiring all travelers arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda to land at one of three designated airports: Atlanta, New York JFK, or Los Angeles. The order follows the WHO declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on May 17, 2026 after the DRC Bundibugyo Ebola strain crossed into Uganda and killed at least 136 people. The experimental antibody cocktail MBP134 has been deployed to field hospitals, and the Sabin Vaccine Institute has reactivated a Phase II ring-vaccination trial halted during the 2023 lull.

Science · May 23 · L1-L4