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October 26, 2018
Trump officials have barred experts from fighting one of the worst Ebola outbreaks in history
"There’s a fear of a Benghazi-type situation, that Americans might be targeted."
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May 12, 2017
Ebola: an outbreak has been confirmed in the DRC. Here’s what you need to know.
Nine cases of fever, three deaths, and one lab-confirmed case of Ebola virus.
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December 22, 2016
We finally have an effective Ebola vaccine. The war on the disease is about to change.
A study confirmed that the new vaccine is 100 percent effective.
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May 22, 2015
When disasters like Ebola hit, the world turns to the WHO. And it’s failing.
This week, leaders of the global health world met in Geneva to talk about WHO reform. Despite the urgency brought on by Ebola, it's not clear that anything will actually change.
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May 18, 2015
One chart that explains why the WHO is actually in crisis
The organization's role in the global health order has changed dramatically over the past two decades.
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May 12, 2015
Reporters got a lot wrong covering Ebola. We should do better next time.
The epidemic was just declared over in Liberia.
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April 28, 2015
The tragic love story of America's first Ebola patient
Thomas Eric Duncan's lover publishes a memoir.
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April 13, 2015
9 of the 11 Ebola treatment centers built by the US have never seen an Ebola patient
This one fact pretty much sums up the wrongness of the current approach to global health.
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March 23, 2015
Remember the Ebola epidemic? It's still not over.
Getting to zero cases will require more than pouring dollars and doctors into West Africa.
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March 13, 2015
American Ebola patient arrives in the US, a reminder that this epidemic is not over
Sierra Leone has recently experienced an uptick in cases.
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March 12, 2015
The hidden cost of Ebola: thousands of measles deaths
West Africa may see an additional 100,000 cases of measles in the coming months.
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March 5, 2015
After nearly a year, Liberia has released its last Ebola patient
Now, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is calling for a "Marshall Plan" for the country.
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March 3, 2015
Ebola czar — "This thing isn't over yet." And the next pandemic could be even worse.
A Q&A with Ron Klain, the first-ever "Ebola czar" in America.
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March 2, 2015
Ebola survivor Nina Pham is suing the hospital chain she says botched her case
She told Dallas Morning News she's still suffering with terrible side effects from the virus.
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February 26, 2015
Ebola doctor Craig Spencer says media's disease hype was deadly
This should be a lesson in how we the media and the public react to matters of public-health concern.
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February 18, 2015
One paragraph that explains why we haven't yet found an Ebola cure
One scientist described the difficulty of finding a clinical trial site "like aligning the stars."
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January 29, 2015
There are fewer than 100 Ebola cases in West Africa. Is the end in sight?
In the three most-affected countries, overall, the number of new cases is plummeting.
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December 30, 2014
How much countries have donated to the Ebola fight, in one chart
The results are still pretty disappointing.
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December 29, 2014
Scotland just confirmed its first Ebola case
A health worker who returned from West Africa was diagnosed with the virus.
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December 2, 2014
America has stopped paying attention, but Ebola is still ravaging Sierra Leone
Progress has been made in Liberia and Guinea, but the epidemic is out of control in Sierra Leone.
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November 17, 2014
2 heart-breaking paragraphs about the Maryland doctor killed by Ebola
Here's what Dr. Martin Salia's son had to say about his father.
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November 14, 2014
Why no one could calm your Ebola fears — and why that mattered in this crisis
These two paragraphs explain why fear overcame facts in this epidemic.
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November 6, 2014
Supporting Ebola relief: Facebook's latest do-gooding effort
Starting today, Facebook users can give to Ebola charities with the click of a button.
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November 5, 2014
Why Obama wants Congress to spend $6.2 billion more to fight Ebola
And it's a good thing.
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November 5, 2014
Canada's Ebola visa ban is dumb, xenophobic, and illegal
Canada just became one of two developed countries to ban visas for West Africans.