{"id":2603791,"date":"2026-05-17T20:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-number-of-americans-affected-by-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-cdc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T20:23:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:23:51","slug":"small-number-of-americans-affected-by-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-cdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-number-of-americans-affected-by-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-cdc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Small number of Americans&#8217; affected by Ebola outbreak in Congo: CDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsmall-number-of-americans-affected-by-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-cdc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The CDC says it is mobilizing an \u201cinternational response\u201d to address an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, coordinating the withdrawal of a small number of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-15-minimum-wage-would-raise-childcare-costs-hurt-families-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s  Minimum Wage Would Raise Childcare Costs, Hurt Families: Heritage Foundation\">directly affected<\/a>. The agency reports that the risk to the American public remains low and that it has systems to detect and respond quickly.  <\/p>\n<p>The affected Americans in Congo had suspected exposure during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-u-s-preparing-additional-actions-over-myanmar-military-coup\/\" title=\"White House: U.S. preparing \u2018additional actions\u2019 over Myanmar military coup\">latest outbreak<\/a>,and at least one person may have developed symptoms. The World Health Organization labeled the outbreak a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martinez-we-have-2-4-hour-lines-due-to-new-mexico-lockdown\/\" title=\"Martinez: &#039;We Have 2-4 Hour Lines&#039; Due to New Mexico Lockdown\">public health emergency<\/a> of international concern. The CDC plans to send personnel to the Congo early this week.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cdc\/\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> said Sunday that it is mobilizing an \u201cinternational response\u201d following an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ebola\/page\/22\/\">Ebola<\/a> disease outbreak in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congo\/\">Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a> and Uganda to coordinate the withdrawal of \u201ca small number of Americans who are directly affected by this outbreak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CDC said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2026\/cdc-mobilizes-international-ebola-response.html\">statement<\/a> that \u201cthe risk to the American public remains low\u201d and it \u201chas systems in place to detect and respond rapidly to potential public health threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4572079\/taiwan-us-ambassador-arms-sale-despite-trump-delay\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Taiwan\u2019s US <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ambassador confident arms sale<\/a> will go through despite Trump delay<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4571804\/ukraine-drone-strikes-moscow-russia\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ukrainian drone strikes kill four in Russia; Zelensky says attack \u2018entirely justified\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4571783\/drone-strike-uae-nuclear-plant-iran-war\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Drone strike starts fire outside UAE nuclear plant as Iran war ceasefire tested<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The affected Americans in Congo are \u201cbelieved to have had exposure to suspected cases in the country\u2019s latest Ebola outbreak, with several deemed to have had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-lucky-116-year-old-french-nun-europes-oldest-person-beats-covid-19\/\" title=\"\u2018Very Lucky\u2019: 116-Year-Old French Nun, Europe\u2019s Oldest Person, Beats COVID-19\">high-risk exposures<\/a>,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/05\/17\/ebola-outbreak-congo-americans-exposure-suspected-cases\/\"><em>STAT News<\/em><\/a>  reported. At least one person \u201cmay have developed symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4569383\/cdc-currently-no-us-cases-hantavirus\/\"><strong>CDC SAYS CURRENTLY NO CASES OF HANTAVIRUS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-health-organization\/\">World Health Organization<\/a> declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC is sending personnel to the Congo early this week, according to the agency\u2019s Ebola response incident manager Satish K. Pillai, as reported by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2026\/05\/17\/cdc-readies-team-respond-ebola-outbreak-africa\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDC mobilizes international response to withdraw affected Americans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2603792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25239449129995.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50443,40903,79836],"class_list":["post-2603791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cdc-2","tag-congo","tag-ebola"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP25239449129995.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603791"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603795,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603791\/revisions\/2603795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}