Aug 29 Watch Ebola outbreak started with funeral in Guinea, report finds By PBS News Hour The Ebola virus has now reached a fifth country. Officials announced a Guinean student in Senegal was confirmed to have the disease. Meanwhile, a new report traces the deadly outbreak to a funeral in Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. Continue watching
Aug 29 First Ebola case reported in Senegal as virus spread picks up speed By Sarah McHaney Ebola has spread to a fifth country as the Ministry of Health in Senegal announced it’s first case today. A university student from Guinea is receiving treatment for Ebola in Dakar, the nation’s capital. He had contact with Ebola patients… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch Ebola's spread hastens preparations for vaccine testing By PBS News Hour An Ebola vaccine may be ready for human testing as early as next week. Though the vaccine is in its first stage of testing with humans, it showed favorable results in an infected monkey. Gwen Ifill learns more from Dr. Continue watching
Aug 28 Ebola outbreak could affect 20,000 people before it's over By Ayan Sheikh, Sarah McHaney Controlling the epidemic could cost $490 million and will need the help of thousands of local health workers and hundreds of international experts. Continue reading
Aug 27 CDC director: 'Ebola will get worse before it gets better' By Sarah McHaney The end is, unfortunately, not in sight for West African countries stricken with Ebola, according to Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Ebola tensions ease in quarantined Liberia, but government mistrust lingers By PBS News Hour There are now more than 2,600 confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola, and more than 1,400 deaths resulting from the virus. All of the cases have originated in West Africa. For the latest on the global health crisis, Drew Hinshaw… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch American doctor speaks out about his Ebola recovery By PBS News Hour The 33-year-old American doctor Kent Brantley was infected with the Ebola virus while working in a hospital in Liberia, but has reportedly made a full recovery. Standing alongside the medical team that treated him in Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, Brantley… Continue watching
Aug 21 Both U.S. patients stricken with Ebola released from hospital By News Desk Nancy Writebol, the U.S. missionary stricken with Ebola while serving in Liberia, was discharged from an Emory University Hospital isolation room in Atlanta on Tuesday. Fellow Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantley, who served with Writebol in Liberia, will be discharged… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch News Wrap: Israel and Hamas resume fierce attacks By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, a strike by Israel targeted the head of Hamas’ military wing in a new round of attacks, but Gazans say it instead killed his wife and son. Also, police and soldiers in Liberia enforced an… Continue watching