The United States announced Monday that it will strengthen precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola by conducting airport health checks on passengers from affected areas and temporarily suspending visas. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo an emergency international health.

[The Conversation Africa] As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is transferring "a small number of Americans" who were in Congo and who were exposed to the virus.