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American Missionary Doctor Contracts Ebola as Congo Outbreak Intensifies

American Missionary Doctor Contracts Ebola as Congo Outbreak Intensifies

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
An American missionary doctor working at a Christian hospital near the center of the new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has contracted the deadly disease.   Dr. Peter Stafford, a surgeon and burn specialist at Nyankunde Hospital, is among more than 500 Ebola cases documented in recent weeks in what the World Read more... The post American Missionary Doctor Contracts Ebola as Congo Outbreak Intensifies appeared first on Christianity Today.