A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday. The 32-year-old male nurse was an employee of Mulago Hospital,

Uganda's Health Ministry announced an outbreak of Ebola virus in Uganda's capital, in Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 30, 2025. Despite the news, most Ugandans appeared unaware or unconcerned about the outbreak and went about their business normally.

After the first Ebola death in Uganda in years, a senior health official says authorities in the African nation are "in full control of the situation."