🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home. In this episode, we learn from @craigspencer.bsky.social on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, how it spreads, and factors fueling the current Bundibugyo outbreak. Listen to the full episode. www.refugeesinternational.org/actions/forc...

3 years ago I wrote this piece for @theatlantic.com about why we mustn’t take public health for granted. This is long before this admin’s deep cuts to public health. With the massive Cyclospora outbreak, I couldn’t help thinking about my own warning from the past.

Craig Spencer has followed every Ebola outbreak since 2014 and seen how the world’s capacity to control the virus has improved—but the U.S. is forgetting what made that possible, he argues.

The Lessons About Ebola the U.S. Wants to Forget

The world’s capacity to control the disease has improved in the past decade, but only because of dedicated investment and coordination.

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For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about all the lessons we've learned over the last decade in battling Ebola And how the U.S. appears hellbent on learning them all over again, the hard way. Gift link below: www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...

The Lessons About Ebola the U.S. Wants to Forget

The world’s capacity to control the disease has improved in the past decade, but only because of dedicated investment and coordination.

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A brilliant essay by my friend @helenouyang.bsky.social in the New York Times Magazine. Writing notes is one of my least favorite parts of working in the ER. But learning how to write them teaches physicians important skills. What impact will AI have on that skill? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/m...

How A.I. Might Change the Way Doctors Think

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Uganda has not yet confirmed it publicly, but it appears to have a #Marburg outbreak. A very reliable source tells STAT that 2 cases have been confirmed. The US government has issued a level 4 — aka do not travel there — advisory based on intel it has received. www.statnews.com/2026/06/30/m...

Marburg outbreak is reported in Uganda, threatening to complicate Ebola response in region

Sources confirm to STAT that Marburg cases have been detected in western Uganda, adding another viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak in central Africa.

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New in @thelancet.com with @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social, Martin Cetron, and @drdebhoury.bsky.social — we argue the current US response to the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda is breaking with longstanding global health policy in very worrying ways. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The US Ebola response and the future of global health leadership

The worsening outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense; BDBV) in DR Congo and Uganda,1–3 declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern b...

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📢 New in @thelancet.com Examining the #Ebola outbreak we discuss U.S. policy shifts & implications for American global health leadership Grateful to @craigspencer.bsky.social, Marty Cetron, @drdebhoury.bsky.social & colleagues in DRC & Uganda on the frontlines. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The US Ebola response and the future of global health leadership

The worsening outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense; BDBV) in DR Congo and Uganda,1–3 declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern b...

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The milder symptoms—and maybe lower death rate—of the current Ebola outbreak are good news. But they could paradoxically make it harder to control the virus. Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social says patients are naming fewer contacts and those unfollowed contacts “can blow up into something much bigger."

Ebola Symptoms in Current Outbreak May Be Milder Than in Previous Ones

That is good news for patients, but officials fear it will make controlling the spread of the disease harder.

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A month into the growing Ebola outbreak, I wrote about what worries me, why the numbers don’t tell the whole story, and why communities are understandably pushing back on the response. open.substack.com/pub/craigasp...

What's Going On With Ebola?

One month after the outbreak was first detected, things are looking rough

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Professor @craigspencer.bsky.social shared his personal Ebola story with @markpatinkin.bsky.social. “I had been taking care of 30 to 40 patients at any one point in Guinea,” he said, “and now there were 30 to 40 people to take care of me.”

As Africa faces Ebola, a RI doctor recalls surviving the disease

Dr Craig Spencer, a Miriam Hospital ER doc and Brown School of Public Health professor, remains one of the last two who had Ebola in the U.S.

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Pandemic Center Affiliate @craigspencer.bsky.social talks with Senator @shaheen.senate.gov to discuss the threat of the ongoing #Ebola outbreak, impact cuts to #USAID has had on the US's response & what this means for US preparedness to infectious diseases. Watch ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=byC2...

The Ebola Risk America Can’t Afford to Ignore

YouTube video by Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social recalls surviving #ebola with Providence Journal. As someone who fought & survived it, his voice is an important one. He shares that the current outbreak in the DRC could get far worse because of US cuts on the global health programs needed to fight it.

As Africa faces Ebola, a RI doctor recalls surviving the disease

Dr Craig Spencer, a Miriam Hospital ER doc and Brown School of Public Health professor, remains one of the last two who had Ebola in the U.S.

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"People on the street in Kenya are angry because for many of them, this looks like colonial decision making all over again," Professor @craigspencer.bsky.social says. "That we can come into a country... do whatever the hell we want has led to an incredible amount of anti-American backlash."

Why there's a debate over the new quarantine center for Americans at risk of Ebola

Opinions are divided about the new facility in Kenya. The U.S. defends it. Kenyans are protesting it. Doctors who were on the ground in the 2014 Ebola outbreak voice criticism as well.

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We continue to think that if we protect ourselves here, that's sufficient, but the only thing that's going to lower risk for Americans is making sure there is no #Ebola. — @craigspencer.bsky.social Protests continue in Kenya as quarantine facility being built by the US for American citizens.

Why there's a debate over the new quarantine center for Americans at risk of Ebola

Opinions are divided about the new facility in Kenya. The U.S. defends it. Kenyans are protesting it. Doctors who were on the ground in the 2014 Ebola outbreak voice criticism as well.

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Until I got back on the line with @craigspencer.bsky.social I'd forgotten that Trump railed against Craig returning to the US after he'd treated patients with ebola. This was in 2014!! Before DJT was president, before COVID. This convo is worth your ears: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Did DOGE Cause the Ebola Outbreak?

What makes this outbreak more alarming.

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Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social has witnessed Ebola as a physician and a patient. He talks about what scares him about the current outbreak, what it’s like to treat the disease on the ground, and what lessons he fears we still haven’t learned. 🎧 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/what-we-must...

Three weeks into the growing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo and Uganda, I take stock of what’s working well, and what still worries me. All that and more, and all for free, on my Substack 👇 open.substack.com/pub/craigasp...

Professor @craigspencer.bsky.social compares the current Ebola outbreak, which is nearing 1,000 confirmed cases, to the 2024 Rwanda Marburg outbreak, in which the US joined partners to rapidly deploy vaccines and treatments, successfully containing the outbreak. ⤵️

Ebola shows how Trump's health policies are going global -- and coming home - Salon.com

Politicized public health agencies also make it harder to hold officials accountable

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Please consider signing onto this letter in support of the highest level of care for Americans re Ebola- proud to stand with @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social and Anne Schuchat www.idsociety.org/globalassets... @altcdc.altgov.info @firedbutfighting.bsky.social

🚨@drdebhoury.bsky.social, @craigspencer.bsky.social, Anne Schuchat & I drafted an open letter to Congress expressing concerns about the proposed use of third-country facilities for Americans potentially exposed to or infected with Ebola. Colleagues, please consider signing: tinyurl.com/Ebola-Letter

I joined @pbsnews.org tonight to talk about the U.S. response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak. I worry we have our priorities inverted. The primary focus on keeping Ebola out at all costs will ultimately make it harder to end this outbreak. Watch the interview for more: youtu.be/OplGTz0nGPU?...

Kenyan court blocks U.S. plan to open Ebola quarantine center to treat Americans

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Center Affiliate @craigspencer.bsky.social joined @nbcnews.com's Meet The Press yesterday and shared his expertise on the #ebola outbreak crisis in the DRC. "I expect the 1000 or so cases we are reporting now is probably just a fraction of the actual true cases on the ground."

Doctor who survived Ebola says there needs to be ‘less lip service and more boots on the ground’

The deadly Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Public health researcher and Ebola survivor Dr. Craig Spencer joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the need for u...

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The White House is intent on keeping Ebola out, at all costs. The U.S. is planning to send Americans exposed to or infected with Ebola to Kenya, instead of bringing them home for care. Please read and share—this is unbelievable and infuriating. craigaspencer.substack.com/p/keeping-eb...

Keeping Ebola Out of America, Whatever the Cost to Americans

The White House is abdicating its responsibility to our own by sending Americans exposed to or infected with Ebola to Kenya rather than bringing them home

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Questions about Ebola? And the U.S. response? Answers here from @craigspencer.bsky.social who can speak first-hand about his experiences as a healer -- and as a patient www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr0P...

Inside the Ebola Outbreak That Has Experts Sweating (w/ Dr. Craig Spencer)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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I spend a lot of time answering Ebola questions for media, elected officials, and family. So I wrote up some quick thoughts on where this outbreak stands, and what to pay attention to in the days and weeks ahead. craigaspencer.substack.com/p/ebola-upda...

Ebola Update—May 24

Everything I Think You Need to Know

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“I’ve seen Ebola up close. I got it while treating patients in West Africa in 2014,” Craig Spencer writes. “I know how destructive the disease can be — and how unprepared we are for its return.”

Opinion | Ebola Is a Terrible Disease. I Saw It Firsthand.

The Trump administration cut the programs meant to coordinate an Ebola response.

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The early trajectory of the Ebola outbreak in DRC is alarming. Spread of the disease likely went undetected for months. Fast detection and response are crucial to stop outbreaks.

“It's just a scattered mess right now. I don't think ​we have anything close to a real idea of how many cases there are,” says @craigspencer.bsky.social:

Flawed tests and funerals allowed Ebola to spread undetected, sources say

Experts say the resulting delays risk hobbling efforts to contain the outbreak.

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LISTEN🎧 With a global health emergency declared, @npr.org speaks to @craigspencer.bsky.social about what doctors are facing: "This would have been a tough outbreak to manage in the best-case scenario, but we are dealing with arguably the worst-case scenario."

What doctors fighting the Ebola outbreak in Africa are facing

The World Health Organization has declared an outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa a global health emergency. NPR's A Martinez asks Brown University's Dr. Craig Spencer what doctors are facing.

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