https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-year-in-the-second-largest-ebola-outbreak-continues-to-rage1/ > This week marks the anniversary of the current Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). First declared on August 1, 2018, in the nation’s province of North-Kivu, it has sickened more than 2,500 people and killed close to 1,700—making it the second-worst outbreak after the one between 2014 and 2016 in West Africa, which sickened more than 28,000 people and killed more than 11,000. > On July 17 the World Health Organization declared the latest outbreak a public health emergency of international concern—its highest level of alarm. Following this designation, the World Bank released up to $300 million for global response efforts. But despite the availability of funding, vaccines and treatment, people continue to be infected and die from the disease—including in areas where it was once stamped out. It is also now hitting more populous regions; a second confirmed Ebola death has recently been reported in Goma, a city of two million residents and a major travel hub.