Some aid agencies warn that the current outbreak could be worse than the 2014 to 2016 West Africa epidemic - Badru KATUMBA/AFP via Getty Images Anne Gulland Tue, June 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM UTC 5 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the Ebola epidemic raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo shows no signs of abating, researchers around the world are scrambling to develop vaccines and treatments to fight it.