Global Stockpile Releases 70,000 Ebola Vaccine Doses to Contain Congo Outbreak

By O. Rose Broderick · STAT News · 2026-08-21

According to STAT News, international health authorities have authorized the emergency deployment of Merck’s Ervebo vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This intervention aims to slow a rapid surge in infections that has already claimed over 2,400 lives. Scientists ho