Dec 23 iPhone cases featuring stolen, grisly war photos appear for sale on Amazon By Joshua Barajas "Who wants to buy a picture with a dead child on it," said Tomas van Houtryve, a National Geographic photographer, who recently surfaced several unauthorized Amazon phone case sales in a series of posts on Instagram. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 8:46 Getting 'to zero' in the fight against Ebola By PBS News Hour This year’s Ebola outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 6,800 people, according to the World Health Organization. “If you leave a single case untreated and then if you let that transmission continue, it could explode again,” Dr. Jim… Continue watching
Dec 10 Ebola fighters are TIME's 'Person of the Year' By Justin Scuiletti Doctors in hazmat suits, nurses in scrubs, scientists in lab coats, aid workers in plain clothes -- the people responsible for waging war against the Ebola virus come in many different uniforms across the globe. In 2014, they are… Continue reading
Dec 09 With schools closed in Liberia, education nonprofit joins Ebola battle By Larisa Epatko The nonprofit More Than Me helps girls in Liberia’s West Point slum get an education and stay off the streets. But when Ebola hit last summer, the organization shifted gears to assist in the fight. Continue reading
Dec 05 House leaders move on plan to fund government past next week By Erica Werner, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sidestepping immigration hardliners, House Republican leaders are moving to make a deal with Democrats to pass a spending bill that would keep the government running past next week. Continue reading
Dec 02 'Ebola treatment centers' now in place at 35 U.S. hospitals By Jason Kane Dozens of hospitals throughout the United States are “prepared, trained and ready” to treat patients with Ebola, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 5:50 Liberia and Guinea meet key targets in Ebola fight as Sierra Leone lags By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 29 Mali free of Ebola, president says, as virus spreads in West Africa By Andrew Mach The president of Mali declared the country free of Ebola on Saturday as the number of people who have been infected with the virus across West Africa rose above 16,000. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch Is an Ebola vaccine on the horizon? By PBS News Hour For the first time, an experimental vaccine taken by 20 healthy adults is successfully and safely stimulating an immunity against Ebola. Judy Woodruff talks to Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health on how the vaccine was developed and… Continue watching
Nov 23 U.S. looking past Ebola to prepare for next outbreak By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The next Ebola or the next SARS. Maybe even the next HIV. Even before the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is brought under control, public health officials are girding for the next health disaster. Continue reading