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Stories, investigations and conversations about travel, places, people and the forces shaping our world. ExplWorld goes beyond the postcard — from overtourism and geopolitics to remote destinations, culture, nature and the realities behind travel.

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    Ebola Without a Vaccine: Inside the DRC's Largest Outbreak

    The Democratic Republic of the Congo is fighting the largest Ebola outbreak in its history — caused by Bundibugyo virus, a species with no licensed vaccine and no licensed treatment. Six thousand confirmed cases in fifteen weeks, an armed conflict at the epicenter, and a world that had prepared for a different strain. In this episode, we go through what the numbers say, which institution stands behind each of them, and where the numbers cannot see: how the outbreak began in a gold-mining town in Ituri, why the world's Ebola toolkit doesn't apply here, the day-by-day spread across six provinces, the gamble of deploying Ervebo against a virus it was never licensed for, the war that shapes the response, Uganda's textbook containment — and what all of it means for travelers. Everything in this episode is a verified snapshot as of August 31, 2026. The situation changes daily — check current advisories before you travel. Read the full written story, with every number, its institution and its cutoff date: https://www.explworld.com/journal/ebola-without-a-vaccine Chapters: Where It Began · The Virus the World Did Not Prepare For · From One Health Zone to Six Provinces · The Fastest Ebola on Record · Three Registers, One Epidemic · The Fatality Ratio That Keeps Rising · The Price Health Workers Pay · What the Numbers Cannot See · The Vaccine Gamble · War at the Epicenter · The Money · Uganda: How an Outbreak Ends · The Bans WHO Advised Against · The 42-Day Rule · What We Know and What We Do Not · For Travelers

    Ebola Without a Vaccine: Inside the DRC's Largest Outbreak
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Stories, investigations and conversations about travel, places, people and the forces shaping our world. ExplWorld goes beyond the postcard — from overtourism and geopolitics to remote destinations, culture, nature and the realities behind travel.

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    2026
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