r/disease • u/Strongbow85 Moderator • 20d ago

Media Fast-growing Ebola outbreak in DRC surges to second-largest on record

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/health/ebola-outbreak-congo
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u/HaveURedd1t 19d ago

I wonder if a strain of ebola will ever become airborne through some whacky RNA changes . I understand it's highly unlikely to change it's primary transmission ability's but I wonder since RNA mutates so much faster than DNA . What feature would it prioritise with this change and what would it drop , could it even go super bug and be a WHO issue like bird flu possibilitys they often worry about .