Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,The Ebola outbreak spreading in Africa has killed more than 1,000 people, authorities said on July 23. A doctor provides care to a patient with Ebola virus disease at an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Congo, on July 13, 2026. Benediction Murhabazi /AFP via Getty ImagesThe number of confirmed deaths from Ebola in Congo in recent months hit 1,033, Congolese authorities said. The only other deaths confirmed in the outbreak are two in Uganda, which has not recorded any new cases in several weeks. The deadliest Ebola outbreak on record ran for two years starting in 2014 in West Africa, causing 28,610 cases and killing 11,308 people.