Mistrust Spreads With the Ebola Virus in Congo

Mistrust Spreads With the Ebola Virus in Congo

new video loaded: Mistrust Spreads With the Ebola Virus in Congo transcript Back transcript Mistrust Spreads With the Ebola Virus in Congo In a remote mining town at the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, grief and mistrust are complicating efforts to stop the virus. Health workers are trying to treat the…

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A paramedic administers a dose of the measles vaccine at a health center in Lubbock, Texas,  in February 2025, amid a large measles outbreak that led to the deaths of two children. - Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

Few doctors have seen it before

At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boys sat in one waiting room and then another. Two hours and 20 minutes passed before the two were isolated, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…

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