The latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to grow, with officials reporting "549 total Ebola cases and 326 deaths. Eighty-two suspected cases are under investigation," according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Prevention (CIDRAP), a Consortium member. In STAT, Helen Branswell reports "this outbreak, centered in the province of North Kivu in northeastern DRC, is now the second largest in known history, with 440 cases and 255 deaths as of Sunday. That is massive in traditional Ebola outbreak terms, but still pales in comparison to the West African outbreak of 2014-2016, where more than 28,000 people were infected and more than 11,000 died." A new tool being used in this outbreak is an experimental vaccine, which was developed in 2015 and is currently allowed for compassionate use. However, there are concerns there won't be enough doses of the vaccine to adequately contain the spread of the deadly disease. Follow the development of this epidemic and public health responses to it on CIDRAP's featured topic page for the virus. Image courtesy of the European Commission ECHO via Flickr.