Increase funding and resources for Ebola containment and vaccination efforts in affected regions.
Pandemics
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High Risk
History
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Method
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Pandemics Risk
4.3 / 5
High Risk
+0.1 from previous reading
Assessment for this date
The current global pandemic risk is high due to the expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, compounded by ongoing challenges with long COVID and avian flu outbreaks.
Record date
June 17, 2026
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Risk Drivers
What is pushing the current reading.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating, with warnings from the Africa CDC that it could become the worst on record, indicating significant pathogen spread potential and surveillance gaps. Concurrently, long COVID continues to impose a high healthcare burden, and avian flu outbreaks in the US and China highlight ongoing zoonotic risks. These factors, combined with vaccine misinformation and public health policy challenges, underscore a high pandemic threat level.
Risk Reduction Actions
Priority actions generated from the current analysis.
Enhance surveillance and reporting systems for emerging infectious diseases globally.
Prioritize education and communication strategies to counter vaccine misinformation.
Support community health initiatives to manage long COVID and other post-viral conditions.
Coordinate a global response to avian flu outbreaks to prevent further spread.
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Selected Articles
Supporting articles referenced in the latest score.
- Long COVID may affect 1 in 6 infected patients
- Africa CDC head warns Ebola outbreak could be worst ever
- Ebola case count nears 600 as feds ask for travel restrictions ahead of World Cup
- Ebola cases near 1,000 as world scrambles to contain outbreak
- People with Ebola pose little risk to public in US, experts say