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Is Ebola in North America? | About That
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May 22, 2026
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11:21Now PlayingAs a deadly Ebola virus outbreak spreads across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, efforts to test and contract trace have reached as far as North America. Andrew Chang explains how the virus spreads, why it went undetected for so long and the compounding barriers to containing and treating this rare Bundibugyo strain.
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Who is patient zero? - 03:08
Containing contagion - 06:45
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