Aug 05 Second American Ebola patient arrives in U.S. By Sam Lane The second American aid worker stricken with the Ebola virus has arrived in the United States. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Keeping safe in Ebola territory By PBS News Hour The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed at least 887 people, and sickened more than 1,600. Gwen Ifill talks to Jeffrey Stern, reporting from Guinea for Vanity Fair, about the conditions in the village where the outbreak originated, how… Continue watching
Aug 04 Federal agents on the look out for Ebola symptoms on airplanes By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal agents at U.S. airports are watching travelers from Africa for flu-like symptoms that could be tied to the recent Ebola outbreak, as delegations from some 50 countries arrive in the nation's capital for a leadership summit this… Continue reading
Aug 04 Ebola vaccine could be ready by July, says top health official By Associated Press Fauci tells "CBS This Morning" that human trials with volunteers will commence in September, and by July it should be ready. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 7:06 CDC plans to send ‘surge’ of staff to Africa as two Ebola-infected Americans return for treatment By PBS News Hour Two American aid workers infected with Ebola in Liberia will be sent back for care at Emory University hospital in Atlanta -- the first time any Ebola patient has been transferred to the U.S. for treatment. Hari Sreenivasan talks to… Continue watching
Aug 01 Ebola outbreak moving faster than control efforts, WHO says By Anna Christiansen The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is moving faster than the health worker’s efforts to control the virus, the World Health Organization said Friday. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch News Wrap: Ukraine suspends offensive to allow investigators access to MH17 remains By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 31 WHO launches $100 million response effort as Ebola virus deaths top 700 By Joshua Barajas The World Health Organization announced a $100 million response plan Thursday to control the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which is now responsible for more 700 deaths. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch News Wrap: Palestinian death toll rises after strikes on Gaza market, UN school By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the shelling of a United Nations school in Gaza drew widespread condemnation, including from the White House. Israeli defense spokesman Peter Lerner said his country’s forces acted only in response to a mortar shell launched… Continue watching
Jul 30 If there’s an Ebola vaccine that works on monkeys, then what about humans? By Anna Christiansen Tuesday's death of Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor at the front lines of Sierra Leone’s battle against the worst Ebola outbreak in history, marks the latest person killed by the contagious, incurable disease that has devastated communities in Guinea, Liberia… Continue reading