What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak NYT | Top Stories By: Amelia Nierenberg, Ephrat Livni and Lynsey Chutel 1 June 2026 at 21:13 Aid agencies are racing to help health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus is known to have killed at least 43, but the true toll may be far higher. © Arlette Bashizi for The New York TimesDisinfecting a path last month outside a hospital in Mongbwalu, a mining town at the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.