CDC restricts travel after Americans are exposed to Ebola virus that kills half of those infected | 18 May 2026 | The CDC is “mobilizing” a global response to an Ebola outbreak in Africa after “a small number of Americans” were exposed to the deadly virus. The agency said Sunday that an unspecified number of Americans based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are believed to have been exposed to the Ebola virus in the country’s latest outbreak. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, has led to 10 confirmed cases, 336 suspected infections and 88 deaths in the DRC. There are also two confirmed cases and one death in neighboring Uganda.