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Why health officials are worried about containing the Ebola outbreak

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The AtlanticAMay 19, 3:11 PM

This Ebola Outbreak Will Be Hard to Contain

The world is already playing catch-up to a deadly disease.

New York TimesAMay 20, 3:50 PM

Ebola Outbreak Is Unlikely to Become Global Threat, W.H.O. Head Says

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director general, said the outbreak in central Africa was “not a pandemic emergency.”

The InterceptBMay 19, 8:58 PM

Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards

“The outbreaks of Ebola and hantavirus in the past two weeks show why international threats need an international response.” The post Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards a

NPRAMay 20, 2:58 PM

A rare Ebola strain is spreading with no vaccine. Here's what you need to know

This outbreak is being called "the perfect storm." How did it start, what are the characteristics of the strain that's causing it and how much of a threat is it to global health?

NBC NewsBMay 20, 4:55 PM

Ebola vaccine for Bundibugyo strain could take months before human trials

A vaccine for the Ebola strain driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is likely months away from human trials, and there is no guarantee it would work, the World Health Or

NBC NewsBMay 20, 10:44 AM

Ebola death toll rises as two Americans are flown to Europe for monitoring

The suspected death toll from the Ebola outbreak in central Africa rose again Wednesday, as a group of potentially exposed Americans were arriving in Europe for monitoring and the World Health Organiz

SalonCMay 20, 2:30 PM

Ebola and hantavirus reveal US as a major threat to global health

America didn't cause these diseases. But Trump’s cuts to public health have put the world at risk

New York TimesAMay 20, 4:39 PM

Ebola Crisis Sparks Debate Over Global Health Double Standards

To some Africans, the claim that the continent’s largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.

The GuardianAMay 20, 12:28 PM

US doctor who contracted Ebola in DRC flown to Germany for treatment

Dr Peter Stafford’s wife and four children are also being monitored for symptoms amid Ebola outbreak in Congo An American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been f

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