In Congo, doctors face Ebola with little protection: "We live with fear"

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Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are battling an Ebola outbreak without basic protection, no tests, no gear, just fear. Travel bans and conflict have fractured supply chains, leaving doctors to improvise in one of the world's most dangerous jobs. "We live with fear," one worker said, capturing the desperation of a region where the virus spreads while those fighting it operate blind and exposed. The outbreak persists not because of medicine's failure but because the tools to contain it simply aren't there.