DR Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest on record with 2,325 deaths

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a rare strain of Ebola called Bundibugyo is writing what may become one of the darkest chapters in the country's long and painful history with the virus. Since mid-May, 2,325 people have died — a toll surpassing every prior outbreak on Congolese soil — with the disease claiming a life every thirty minutes in a nation already worn by decades of conflict. Humanity now watches as scientists race to develop a vaccine for a strain so rare it has only appeared twice before in recorded history, while the WHO works against the clock to bend the curve of transmissio