By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Teacher Resource Producer
As the Ebola outbreak continues spread, public health leaders warn that the consequences of inaction or an inadequate response will have global repercussions
PBS NewsHour| Officials try to ease worries about NYC’s first Ebola case | Video A doctor who had recently had recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea, has been diagnosed with Ebola and is currently being treated at Bellvue Hospital in will face a new mandatory quarantine when they arrive at airports in those two states. PBS NewsHour| Map of New York with areas visited by Ebola infected doctor | Map
NOVA| Map of New York with areas visited by Ebola infected doctor | Video
Ebola Fundamentals health and medicine basics, strategies, research
NOVA|Immunity and Vaccines Explained| Video
Our bodies are bombarded by bacteria and viruses. For those that make their way inside, our immune system is on guard, waiting not only to kill the invaders but also to create memory cells that will help defeat them more quickly the next time they try to attack. Vaccines, which are weakened versions of a disease like polio or measles, rely on the memory of our immune system to combat the real danger if it eventually enters our bodies. Name | Quarantines
Inside the United States cases, guidelines, maps
PBS NewsHour| Officials try to ease worries about NYC’s first Ebola case | Video A doctor who had recently had recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea, has been diagnosed with Ebola and is currently being treated at Bellvue Hospital in will face a new mandatory quarantine when they arrive at airports in those two states. PBS NewsHour| Map of New York with areas visited by Ebola infected doctor | Map
In the International Community cases, guidelines, maps
NOVA| Map of New York with areas visited by Ebola infected doctor | Video
In December, 2013, in a small village in West Africa, a young boy died from the dreaded disease, Ebola. Over the next nine months the virulent killer would claim more victims than all previous Ebola epidemics put together. And for the first time, the disease escaped the isolated, rural villages where it had first appeared and traveled in infected patients by air to densely populated cities in several African countries. As the epidemic threatens to spiral out of control, NOVA reports from the hot zone, where courageous medical teams struggle to cope with a flood of victims, and in labs where scientists are racing to test vaccines and find a cure. "Surviving Ebola" includes chilling first-hand interviews of what it’s like to catch—and—survive this terrible affliction.
